Alexander graduated with a Bachelor of Science in education and continued at Penn, where she earned a PhD in economics in 1921. "She became the first African American, regardless of gender, to have a PhD," Alexander-Minter said. "However, she couldn't get a job because she was a woman...
The first female African to lead WTO世贸组织首位非洲女性Nigerian-American economist Okonjo-Iweala was named the new chief of the WorldTrade Organization(WTO) on February 15. She has become the first African and thefirst woman ever to lead the global trade organization.The WTO was founded in ...
Dr. Ciara Sivels is a Nuclear Engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. She is also the first Black woman to receive a PHD in Nuclear Engineering from University of Michigan! Dr. Sivels’s past research focused on nuclear explosion...
Guion "Guy" Bluford is a former NASA astronaut who was the first African-American to fly into space. He flew four space shuttle missions. Bluford's class of 1978 astronauts included two other African-Americans: Ron McNair (who later died on thespace shuttle Challengerin 1986) and Fred Gre...
Not only incorporating what happens in the social determinants of health area, but also that big gap that includes not only, cardiovascular disease, cancers, incarcerations of young African American and other Black populations, but one of the ones that really rose to the top, of course, was ...
“Iran has been a center of metallurgical innovation for thousands of years, though many aspects of these traditions are poorly known. Separating ancient practice from modern forgery using advanced imaging techniques is an important step in bringing greater recognition to these early traditions of ...
Also, in Africa, individuals are considered as part of a communal unit (Lekoko & Modise, 2011), as illustrated by such African beliefs as 'I am because we are, and since we are therefore, I am' (Mbiti, 1975, p. 108). Due to this, the motivations of individuals including FGCS to...
It's a very powerful tool to be able to use with business partners in the organization to be able to say, “You've got a business problem, I've got the data, let's get together and try to hammer out what the right element is here to solve your business problems and to move the...
These tests usually screen for 100's of different foods that are typical of the standard American diet. There are also vegetarian tests and many of the tests can be ordered with Environmental Pollutants added as well. If you find you're allergic to a wide range of foods you probably havele...
this study aimed to qualitatively explore experiences and practices of self-compassion amongst first-year students when faced with the challenges of adjusting to university. To capture in-depth, rich, thick contextual data, 12 South African first-year students participated in semi-structured interviews...