Exhibits
The completion of our renovation signifies Morehead’s transformation into a full-service science center with highly interactive exhibits that explore all disciplines of science. Newly installed exhibits on multiple floors of…
The completion of our renovation signifies Morehead’s transformation into a full-service science center with highly interactive exhibits that explore all disciplines of science. Newly installed exhibits on multiple floors of…
…successful private fundraising campaign, and record-setting faculty research funding. Additionally, he introduced the Carolina Covenant initiative, which helps students from low-income families attend the University debt-free. Steve Butts and Addie…
…blue baby syndrome. McKinley Thompson, Jr., Car Designer Ford Motor Company hired Thompson in 1956, after he’d completed a degree in transportation design. He was Ford’s first African American designer….
…his occupation as “photographer.” He later had a successful studio in Washington, D.C., and photographed many noted African Americans, including Charles Drew and Madam C. J. Walker. Valerie L. Thomas,…
…assets until death. In most cases, these are also the simplest types of planned gifts to create. They can be created through 1) a bequest in a new will or…
…corals, earned a geology Ph.D. in 1984, and taught geology and biology. She even discovered a new genus and three new species of corals. You Might Also Like… Hidden No…
…her student at West Virginia State College’s laboratory high school, remembered her as “a wonderful teacher.” Flemmie Kittrell, Nutritionist & Educator In 1936, Kittrell became the first African American woman…
James Andrew Harris, Nuclear Chemist Harris was a key member of a group of investigators that discovered two new elements in 1969 and 1970. They discovered rutherfordium and dubnium. Harris…
…site that he and a fellow student made was published in the American Journal of Archaeology in 1891. Bettye Washington Greene, Industrial Research Chemist When Greene joined Dow Chemical Company…
…in indoor climate control to design Radio City Music Hall’s heating system. Marie Daly, Chemist & Educator In 1947, Daly became the first African American woman to earn a chemistry…