Elmo Brady (1884-1966) was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. After receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1916, Brady ...

Growing up in Nashville, Tennessee, Dorothy Phillips had a goal to become president of the United States of America. While she hasn’t reached that goal, the former Midland resident and Dow chemist has ...

Clarice Phelps is a trailblazing scientist who gave new meaning to the phrase "having a seat at the table" when she became the first Black woman to help discover a new element on the periodic table.

Historic preservation of buildings can be an expensive and complicated mission, but Indiana's leading preservation non-profit ...

Elmer Lucille Allen shattered barriers after becoming the first Black chemist at Brown-Forman. After retiring, the Louisville native then embarked on a second act as inspiring as her first by ...

The symposium had been organized by a retired black chemist named Jim Shoffner, whose own career in chemistry had been inspired by Julian's example, and who had long been working to call attention ...

programs and facilities at four major historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), where he and his colleagues mentored multiple generations of African- American chemists. His life was truly ...

A Mississippi State doctoral student in the Department of Sustainable Bioproducts is the winner of the recent Pitch Perfect competition held last semester and hosted by the National Organization for ...

Program honors Eli Lilly chemist and preservationist Stan Cox INDIANAPOLIS (February 12, 2025) — Applications are open for two funds created to honor the legacy of an Eli Lilly chemist […] ...

and build a global community of Black chemists and their allies. #BlackInChem is a grassroots effort to help increase the visibility of Black chemists across the globe. The group is made up of women, ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo A. Ameer has won the Percy L. Julian Award given by the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE), ...