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Author Margot Lee Shetterly, Hidden Figures
No full textAuthor Margot Lee Shetterly
MEET THE WOMEN YOU DON'T KNOW, BEHIND THE MISSION YOU DO.
HIDDEN FIGURES
JOIN MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY, author of the book Hidden Figures, now in release as a major motion picture, as she talks about the incredible, often overlooked story of the African American women who powered much of the mathematics behind the race to make spaceflight a reality.
Wednesday, January 25th | 7:30 p.m.
Loeb Playhouse | Stewart Center
Purdue University
Free | Open to the Public
Event sponsors: College of Science, College of Engineering, The Graduate School, Black Cultural Center, the Departments of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, and the Schools of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering
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Soledad O'Brien Presents Black in America Tour 2015
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#IAmTheConversation
SOLEDAD O’BRIEN
PRESENTS
BLACK IN AMERICA
Tour 2015
SOLEDAD
OBRIEN
Critically acclaimed journalist, educator and mentor
DR. JULIANNE MALVEAUX
Labor economist and noted author and commentator
CHUCK D
Founder of legendary group Public Enemy
DR. VENETRIA PATTON
Purdue professor of English, director of African American Studies and Research Center
TUESDAY, FEB. 10 • 6-7:30 P.M. • ELLIOTT HALL OF MUSIC
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
DIVISION OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
EA/EOU
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
On the masses and evolutionary status of the black hole binary GX 339-4: a twin system of XTE J1550-564?
No full textWe apply the K-correction to the black hole low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) GX 339-4 which implies MX? 6 M? by only assuming that the companion is more massive than ?0.17 M?, the lower limit allowed by applying a ‘stripped-giant’ model. This evolutionary model successfully reproduces the observed properties of the system. We obtain a maximum mass for the companion of M2? 1.1 M? and an upper limit to the mass ratio of q(=M2/MX) ? 0.125. The high X-ray activity displayed by the source suggests a relatively large mass transfer rate which, according to the model, results in M2? 0.3 M? and MX? 7 M?. We have also applied this scenario to the black hole binary XTE J1550-564, which has a similar orbital period but the donor is detected spectroscopically. The model successfully reproduces the observed stellar parameter
Black Women's Studies and the Academy, a National Symposium
No full textPurdue University’s Black Cultural Center
Proudly Presents
BLACK WOMEN'S STUDIES AND THE ACADEMY
A NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
Thursday, February 27, - Saturday, March 1, 2003 PM
Sessions will begin at 8:30 am in the Stewart Center. The symposium schedule is at
http: //www.purdue.edu/bcc/library/BWSWebPage.html
Confirmed speakers:
Delores Aldridge, Ph.D.
Grace Towns Hamilton Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Emory University
Darlene Clark Hine, Ph.D,
John A. Hannah Professor of History, Michigan State University
Valerie Lee, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of English and Professor of English and Women's Studies, Ohio State University
Obioma G. Nnaemeka, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Women's Studies, Indiana University, IUPUI
Jessie Carney Smith, Ph.D.
William and Camille Cosby Professor in the Humanities and University Librarian, Fisk University
Planning Committee:
Susan Curtis, Ph.D., American Studies
Karen Hall, Women's Resource Office
Carolyn Johnson, Ph.D., African American Studies
Ruth Salvaggio, Ph.D., Women's Studies
Dorothy Simpson-Taylor, Ph.D., Diversity Resource Office
Marcia Stephenson, Ph.D., Women's Studies
Dorothy Washington, Black Cultural Center
Sponsors:
African American Studies
American Studies
Black Cultural Center
Diversity Resource Office
Office of the Provost
Sociology and Anthropology
Women's Resource Office
Women's Studies
For additional information contact: Dorothy Ann Washington, Coordinator,
(765) 494-3093 or [email protected]
"when and where I enter ... the whole ... race enters with me" -- Anna J. Cooper
[Writers conference dialogue with E. Lynn Harris]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Writers Conference. The footage features the first speaker of the conference introduced by Curtis King Mary B. Morris. Author Morris dialogues with the audience about her new book "She Ain't the One" followed by the first half of E. Lynn Harris's Q&A
Combined EISCAT radar and optical multispectral and tomographic observations of black aurora
No full textBlack auroras are recognized as spatially well-defined regions within a uniform diffuse auroral background where the optical emission is significantly reduced. Black auroras typically appear post-magnetic midnight and during the substorm recovery phase, but not exclusively so. We report on the first combined multimonochromatic optical imaging, bistatic white-light TV recordings and incoherent scatter radar observations of black aurora by EISCAT of the phenomenon. From the relatively larger reduction in luminosity at 4278 Å than at 8446 Å we show that nonsheared black auroras are most probably not caused by downward directed electrical fields at low altitude. From the observations, we determine this by relating the height and intensity of the black aurora to precipitating particle energy within the surrounding background diffuse aurora. The observations are more consistent with an energy selective loss cone. Hence the mechanism causing black aurora is most probably active in the magnetosphere rather than close to Earth
Black, A E J, VX45274
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/372034Surname: BLACK
Given Name(s) or Initials: A E J
Military Service Number or Last Known Location: VX45274
Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 37987182954
Item: [2016.0049.04361] "Black, A E J, VX45274
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[Writers conference dialogue with E. Lynn Harris]
No full textVideo recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Writers Conference. The footage features the first speaker of the conference introduced by Curtis King Mary B. Morris. Author Morris dialogues with the audience about her new book "She Ain't the One" followed by the first half of E. Lynn Harris's Q&A
From Black Power to Black Studies How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline
No full textShedding light on the black power movement, Black Studies programs, and American higher education, this historical analysis reveals how radical politics are assimilated into the university system.Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Terminology -- 1 The Movement That Became an Institution -- 2 The Road to Black Studies -- 3 Revolution at San Francisco State College -- 4 The Life and Death of Black Studies Programs -- 5 The Ford Foundation's Mission in Black Studies -- 6 Constructing the Discipline -- 7 Black Studies as the Loyal Opposition -- Appendixes -- A: Note on Research Method -- B: Archives Consulted -- C: Newspapers Consulted -- D: People Interviewed by the Author -- E: Sample Interview Questions -- F: Interviews Collected by Others -- G: Quantitative Data Used -- H: The Survey of Issues in Africana Studies -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- YShedding light on the black power movement, Black Studies programs, and American higher education, this historical analysis reveals how radical politics are assimilated into the university system.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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