Dr. Jane Cooke Wright was truly a trailblazer in multiple aspects of her life. She was born in 1919 in Manhattan to Corinne Cooke, a school teacher, and Louis Wright, one of...
Ruth Ella Moore, Ph.D. (1903-1994) was a bacteriologist known for her work on blood types, tuberculosis, tooth decay, and gut microorganisms. She completed her dissertation...
Marie Maynard Daly, Ph.D. (1921-2003) was a biochemist known for her pioneering studies of nuclear proteins and her work on the relationship between diet and heart disease....
Congratulations to Dr. Joan Steitz for receiving the 2021 Wolf Prize in Medicine. The international Wolf Prize has been awarded since 1978 to outstanding artists and...
Engineer Willie Hobbs Moore (1934-1994) was the first Black woman to receive a PhD in physics. Born in in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Moore began her undergraduate degree at...
In 1889, Alfred Oscar Coffin became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in biological sciences. Coffin was born in the small town of Pontotoc Mississippi in 1861 and...
MB&B faculty and Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Radiology Luisa F. Escobar-Hoyos, PhD, was selected as one of seven recipients of this year’s Damon Runyon-Rachleff...
