Science & Technology

There was no relief against systemic racism for Blacks living in Mississippi, or elsewhere throughout the South, during the 1940s. Jim Crow laws that took root throughout the South had found their way across much of the nation by the early decades of the 1900s, many of them aimed at segregation, whether in the military, […]

Disclaimer: We are publishing this piece as 500 Women Scientists Leadership to protect the authors, members of 500 Women Scientists, from the career repercussions of authoring an anti-racism piece. That in itself speaks to the very issues we highlight in this article.
 Amidst #BlackLivesMatter protests and resounding calls for justice, many scientists, academic institutions and […]

We can’t all have a Gabrielle Union, right? Masculinity is a hot-button subject. People tend to be really attached to their constructs of what behaviors make a man a man. That criteria differs from person to person, but societal norms insist on men being protectors and providers. It’s a thinking that has been passed down […]

The pool of test-takers for the Advanced Placement computer science exam is still overwhelmingly white and male, according to data from the College Board, which administers the AP tests. The number of students taking the AP computer science exam increased by about 24 percent from last year, up to 46,000 U.S. students, according to numbers […]

Shawn Blanton is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. In 1995, he received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests include various aspects of integrated system tests, testable design, and test methodology development. He has consulted for […]

Many in the scientific world are celebrating the fact that two women received this year’s Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry. Donna Strickland and Frances Arnold are only the 20th and 21st female scientists to be recognised by the Nobel Committee. Yet in over 100 years, we have never seen a black scientist become a […]

The Racist Roots of Fighting Obesity Prescribing weight loss to Black women ignores barriers to their health By Sabrina Strings & Lindo Bacon Black people, and Black women in particular, face considerable health challenges. Compared with their rates in other racial groups, chronic cardiovascular, inflammatory and metabolic risk factors have been found to be elevated in Black . . […]

I first came to Katherine McKittrick’s work through the paper “Mathematics Black Life.” As a Black theoretical physicist—one searching to gain an understanding of the links between the science I love so much and the white supremacy I can’t stand, searching for how to make a future out of their collision in me—I found McKittrick’s […]

December 18, 2023 4 min read Young Researchers of Color Need Better Mentors Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities By Nia Burrell When I started the physics Ph.D. program I was so excited about, I realized I was one of the […]