This is Physics

This poster collection is displayed on the wall outside Crow 201. Posters are regularly rotated. They are here to remind us of the importance of diversity in physics through the successful stories of these brilliant scientists.

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Carolyn Parker

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Deborah Jin

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Edward Bouchet was among the first 20 Americans (of any race) to receive a PhD in physics

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Astronaut Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman astronaut

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Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is the Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy

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Astrophysicist France Cordova is the Director of the National Science Foundation

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Fred Begay became the first Native American in history to earn a PhD in physics

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Gabriela Gonzalez was one of four scientists present for the announcement of LIGO's first direct gravitational wave observation

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Luiz Alvarex was the first Hispanic to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

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Marcela Carena is the Head of the Theoretical Physics Department at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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Mildred Dresselhaus laid the foundation of nanotechnology by predicting the existence of carbon nanotubes

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author and science communicator

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Renee Horton is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM an is devoted to changing the face of STEM

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Shirley Jackson became the first African American woman to earn a PhD from MIT and is the second African American woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD in physics

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Sylvester Gates is known for his work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory as well as his commitment to increasing diversity in the field.

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Wanda Diaz-Merced is an astrophysicist and computer scientist who became a pioneer of sonification after losing her eyesight as a young adult