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By George Campbell Jr.
In 1876, Edward Bouchet received a PhD in physics from Yale University. Just two years earlier, he had graduated
Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, also from Yale, with a bachelor’s degree in physics. His remarkable academic success and substantial early contributions to research as a graduate student suggested a promising future in physics. Except for one thing. Edward Bouchet was Black. Bouchet’s doctorate was, in fact, the first-ever PhD awarded to an African American by an American university in any field. Initially intent on a research career after graduation, Bouchet could find a job only at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia. At the pinnacle of his career, his last job, he served as principal of a high school in Ohio [1].
Five inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
April 12, 2021
Five Cornell doctoral candidates have been selected for induction into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society.
The Bouchet Society recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education and the professoriate. Its network of scholars exemplifies academic and personal excellence, character, service and advocacy for students who traditionally have been underrepresented in the academy.
The scholars were inducted at the annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education held virtually April 8-9 by Yale University. During the two-day program, all five of the inductees and Graduate School Dean’s Scholars Olumayowa (Bam) Willoughby, a doctoral candidate in Africana studies, and Carolina Gil, a doctoral student in development sociology, gave poster and oral presentations.
February is Black History Month, and while most people have heard of the amazing accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, and Aretha Franklin, there are hundreds of other heroes out there.
Filled with stories of bravery, determination, justice, compassion, and talent, here are 20 Black Americans who changed the world as we know it!
1. Claudette Colvin was just 15 years old when she refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She stood up for her rights before Rosa Parks famously did the same.
A collection of baby bottles spans more than two thousand years.
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