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Teresa M. Hodge, Ph.D., an associate professor of math at Broward College in Florida, is NEA's Higher Educator of the Year.
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Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story June 25, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — (Washington, DC – June 25, 2025) – The extraordinary life and legacy of NASA icon Katherine Johnson ...
By honoring the legacy of women in data science, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers are pushing for a more inclusive and innovative future in ...
Dorothy Vaughan (1910-2008): NASA’s First African American Manager Dorothy Vaughan was a mathematician and a human computer at NASA.
Dorothy Vaughan was a trailblazing mathematician and computer programmer who significantly contributed to the U.S. space program. As NACA’s (later NASA) first African American manager, she ...
The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to family members of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, and Christine Darden, as well as a medal to all the "women mathematicians ...
Female NASA employees hired to perform mathematics calculations and known as "human computers" are shown here in 1950: (from left) Dorothy Vaughan, Leslie Hunter and Vivian Adair.
A medal was also given to all the women who worked as mathematicians, engineers and "human computers" in the U.S. space program from the 1930s to 1970s.
The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol. Associated Press Sep 19, 2024 ...
The legislation tasked Congress with awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Johnson, Jackson, Vaughan, Darden and "all the women who served as computers, mathematicians, and engineers" at NASA ...