Science and Technology

Black scientists repeatedly omitted from history books, but not from ‘Ebony’

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (Annals), published by the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), takes an in-depth look at how Black scientists suffer “almost complete invisibility in most of the history of computing literature.”

R. Arvid Nelsen’s “Race and Computing: The Problem of Sources, the Potential of Prosopography, and the Lesson of Ebony Magazine,” is level setting history and correcting the “whiteness” of historical records. Nelsen’s findings come in the wake of the film, Hidden Figures.

Preston B. Simmons is tech’s ‘it guy’

“I’m a support specialist,” says Preston B. Simmons, “that means I work with clients to design, implement and secure their production processes, using technology as a medium for production.”

Jennifer Stimpson is making science cool

Blending science, substance, and style, Jennifer Stimpson makes science a wonderful learning experience for students. Her love for science was fostered while growing up in a household with parents who were pharmacists. Stimpson and her younger sister (who is also a scientist), learned the impact science had on society.