Native American Heritage Spotlight: Floy Agnes Lee Floy Agnes (Naranjo) Lee was born in 1922 at the Albuquerque Indian School. Lee’s mother was a German American who traveled the U.S. teaching at various Indian schools including the Albuquerque ...
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Native American Heritage Month Spotlight: Jerry Chris Elliott-High Eagle
Native American Heritage Month Spotlight: Jerry Chris Elliott-High Eagle Jerry Chris Elliott-High Eagle (Osage and Cherokee) was born in 1943. In 1966, he received a degree in physics with a minor in mathematics as the first indigenous Native ...
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Native American Heritage Month Spotlight: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Native American Heritage Month Spotlight: Robin Wall Kimmerer Robin Wall Kimmerer (enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation) is a botanist and author. She is also a Distinguished Teaching Professor and serves as the director of the Center ...
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Distinguished Leaders in STEM: Diana Trujillo, NASA
Diana Trujillo becomes the 108th certified NASA Flight Director at the Johnson Space Center. The significance of Trujillo's appointment extends far beyond her individual accomplishments. It represents a monumental step forward in the ongoing ...
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Distinguished Leaders in STEM: Dr. Walter Massey
Dr. Walter Massey, Physicist Born in Mississippi in 1938, Walter Massey became fascinated by mathematics as a young man, and by the middle of high school, his academic achievements had earned him a Ford Foundation fellowship to Morehouse ...
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Distinguished Leaders in STEM: Mario J. Molina
Mario J. Molina: 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Mario José Molina was a physical chemist who played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in discovering ...
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