Today: April 17, 2025
Muyinatu “Bisi” Bell a researcher in medical imaging technology at Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the 2024 Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation’s highest honor for early career scientists and engineers. Bell, the John C. Malone Associate Professor in the Department…
Nigerian chess champion Tunde Onakoya returned home to Lagos on Wednesday, greeted by singing, dancing and armed guards after setting a new world record for the longest chess marathon in New York City last week. “I feel really proud of this moment,…
While environmentalism has often been portrayed as a cause for the wealthy, Black women have long been at the forefront of the conservationist movement. In recognition of Earth Day on April 22, 2024, ESSENCE magazine highlights five remarkable Black women who are…
Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess master, is attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess playing marathon in New York City’s Times Square from April 17-19. But his true goal is much bigger. Onakoya is using this ambitious record…
