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Keisha E. McKenzie | communication | systems | social good

Ronald E. McNair

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From Science Fiction to Science Possibility

Dr. Ronald E. McNair was the second African-American to work in space (the first was Dr. Guion “Guy” Bluford), and died with his Space Shuttle crew members when the Challenger exploded shortly after take-off in 1986. My alma mater, Texas Tech University, is one of 200 US universities that runs a McNair Scholars program for low-income, first-generation college students […]

In foreground pink and shadow: orchid blooms; in background in bright midday light, the urban landscape of lower Manhattan and the Hudson River. The sky is very blue, with a few low-horizon white clouds.