Teen Science Cafe recap: Breast cancer research
…women make up the majority of breast cancer cases in America, Black/African American women have the highest cancer incident rates as a percentage of the population. Additionally, the average death…
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Planetarium Shows
…Flight Take a full-throttle adventure through the history and into the future of aeronautics. Tales of the American South Explore unique stories of the American South. The Little Star That…
Hidden No More: Week 20 round-up
…customers, growing a sales force, and using her wealth to support good causes. Gladys West, Mathematician Working for the U.S. military in the 1970s and 80s, West programmed a computer…
Hidden No More: Week 19 round-up
…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….
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…
Jupiter Ball Through the Years
…blasted into space on the shuttle Discovery, becoming the third African American woman to accomplish this amazing feat. After a 20-year career at NASA, Joan pursued other opportunities before returning…
Hidden No More: Week 16 round-up
…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…
Hidden No More: Week 14 round-up
…is the first African American involved in discovering an element. Charles Harrison, Industrial Designer Harrison was responsible for designing 100s of products sold by Sears. The first plastic trash bin…
Employment Opportunities
…with visiting field trips from schools and reservations for other non-school organizations. They provide customer service and wayfinding for group programs, general public operations, birthday party programs, private planetarium shows,…
Hidden No More: Week 13 round-up
…the first Black explorer to set foot on Antarctica. He was part of the U.S. Antarctic Service expedition that lasted from 1939 to 1941. Gibbs Point on the Antarctic Peninsula…