Aug. 26, 1918: The birth of Katherine Johnson
West Virginia State University marked her legacy with a campus ceremony and honored 2026 scholarship recipients supporting women pursuing STEM careers.
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WVSU remembers mathematician Katherine Johnson on her birthday
INSTITUTE, W.Va. (WOWK) - Mathematician Katherine Johnson's work helped send Americans into space, and her alma mater is making sure her story is never forgotten. West Virginia State University hosted a Katherine Johnson Day observance Wednesday morning at the statue of her on campus. Katherine Johnson Day marks the West Virginia native's Aug. 26 birthday. [...]
West Virginia State celebrates "Katherine Johnson Day" on campus
INSTITUTE, W.Va – West Virginia State University’s celebration of alumna Katherine Johnson enters another year with the annual observance of Katherine Johnson Day on campus. WVSU recognized Johnson’s legacy with a ceremony Wednesday, the 108th anniversary of her birth, dedicated to the impact she made during her career at NASA as depicted in the film The post West Virginia State celebrates “Katherine Johnson Day” on campus appeared first on WV M…
Aug. 26, 1918: The birth of Katherine Johnson
Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in West Virginia, Katherine Goble Johnson showed exceptional aptitude for mathematics from an early age. She skipped several grades, graduating high school by 14 and college by 18. Johnson was enrolled in West Virginia University in 1939 as one of the first three Black students to integrate the state’s graduateContinue reading "Aug. 26, 1918: The birth of Katherine Johnson" The post Aug. 26, 1918: The birth of Katherine Jo…
West Virginia State celebrates “Katherine Johnson Day” on campus
INSTITUTE, W.Va – West Virginia State University’s celebration of alumna Katherine Johnson enters another year with the annual observance of Katherine Johnson Day on campus. WVSU recognized Johnson’s legacy with a ceremony Wednesday, the 108th anniversary of her birth, dedicated to the impact she made during her career at NASA as depicted in the film…
The mathematics Katherine Johnson was born on August 26, 1918. On the 108th anniversary of her birth, we dedicated an alphabetical portrait to her. Katherine Johnson working (1962). Source: Wikimedia Commons. Apollo Katherine Johnson collaborated in the Apollo program. She helped calculate the trajectory of the flight of Apollo 11 to the Moon in 1969. In the control room of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the engineer JoAnn Morgan was the only woma…
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