Category : Science – Technology

Geraldine Woods is known for her lifelong dedication to using science to contribute to community service and her establishment of programs that give opportunities to...

Roscoe Conkling Giles was the first African American to earn a medical degree from Cornell University, and later went on to be the first African American to...

Dolphus Edward Milligan, a prominent figure in the field of chemistry education, was born on June 17, 1928, in Brighton, Alabama. While little is known...

Howard Venable is known for the revolutionary changes he made in the field of ophthalmology. Venable was born January 27, 1913 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada,...

Raye Jean Jordan Montague, a registered professional engineer, was incredibly influential in transforming the field of marine vessel construction. A longtime employee of the U.S....

Mental illness has a dark history in the United States—one too often clouded by stigma and ignorance. Now a UT researcher is uncovering the records...

Students gather around Dr. Gates after his talk. Dr. Sylvester James Gates is a titan of physics. During his doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute...

Anna Roselle Johnson was born in 1901 in Baltimore, Maryland, the fifth of seven daughters of a chiropodist and a homemaker who valued education. As...

Mary Elliott Hill (1907–1969) was one of the earliest African-American women to become a chemist. Hill worked on the properties of ultraviolet light, developing analytic...