(BPRW) This Pi Day Let’s Celebrate The First Black Woman To Earn Her PhD In Mathematics In 1943, Martha Euphemia Lofton Haynes graduated from the Catholic University of America with her PhD in mathematics. (Black PR Wire) Every year, Pi Day is celebrated on March 14. It’s the celebration of the mathematical sign pi, and the date […]
Ben Vinson III, the current executive vice president and provost at Case Western University, has been announced as the 18th president of Howard University. Vinson will succeed Wayne A.I. Frederick in leading the Washington DC HBCU. Frederick is retiring after nearly a decade of leading the university. Vinson, who will assume the presidency on September […]
(BPRW) CHC: Creating Healthier Communities Announces New President and CEO Jean C. Accius, PhD Influential national executive and thought leader joins CHC to grow the organization’s impact, relevance and revenue (Black PR Wire) Alexandria, VA – CHC: Creating Healthier Communities, a national nonprofit that removes the barriers to good health and equity, today announced Jean […]
(BPRW) Dr. Eli Joseph Redefines an Academic Comeback from a Rejected PhD Applicant to a Impactful Professor (Black PR Wire) On Sunday, December 11, the New York University School of Professional Studies conducted a University Commencement ceremony for the Summer and Fall Class of 2022 graduates at the NYU Skirball Center. Dr. Eli Joseph, an […]
A 70-year-old has proven dreams don’t have an age limit after graduating from Howard University with a Ph.D. in political science. Joseph M. Grant, who’s been studying American government and Black politics, completed his life-long ambition to earn an education at an HBCU this graduation season, Howard Newsroom reported. “I always wanted to go to […]
Alena Maze, a mother of seven, has become the first Black person in the world to hold a Ph.D. in Survey Methodology, a field which studies the math behind polls. The survey statistician, who earned her degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, pursued the field because of her love for math and health, as […]