{"id":17475,"date":"2022-02-23T12:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/dr-shirley-ann-jackson-a-black-history-month-profile\/"},"modified":"2022-02-23T12:52:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:52:25","slug":"dr-shirley-ann-jackson-a-black-history-month-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/dr-shirley-ann-jackson-a-black-history-month-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, A Black History Month Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131875 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shirley-Ann-Jackson-IG-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>This week for Black History Month, we&#8217;re honoring Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), a theoretical physicist and the current president of RPI!<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate from MIT in any field.<\/li>\n<li>She conducted innovative research at AT&amp;T Bell Laboratories that led to the following inventions: fiber optic cables, portable fax, solar cells, Touch-Tone telephone, call waiting, and caller ID.<\/li>\n<li>She was the first African American and woman appointed by a president to serve as the chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.<\/li>\n<li>She was appointed as co-chair of President Obama&#8217;s Intelligence Advisory Board as well as the President&#8217;s Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee..<\/li>\n<li>She was awarded the &#8220;National Medal of Science&#8221; in Physical Sciences in 2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Treasure your curiosity and nurture your imagination. Have confidence in yourself. Do not let others put limits on you. Dare to imagine the unimaginable<\/em>.&#8221; ~Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, FREng<\/p>\n<p>In solidarity,<\/p>\n<p>Kayla Miller<br \/>\nTechnical Assistant<br \/>\nOffice of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:k.miller1@hvcc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">k.miller1@hvcc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 23 Feb 2022 12:52:25 +0000 by\u00a0k.miller1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This week for Black History Month, we&#8217;re honoring Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}