Dear Lab, Coming into the lab, I worried I wouldn’t fit in. Girl straight out of Nigeria. New to microbiology. New to American academia. New to everything. And then I walked into a room full of Indians, other Nigerians, Pakistanis, Koreans — Christians, Muslims, Hindus, atheists. Different sexualities. Different genders. Different ages. Different stories. And …
Dear History, You Are Often Forgotten
Dear History, You are often forgotten. The pain and suffering Black men and women endured for centuries are too often overlooked. The slavery, the assaults, the brutal reduction of our people to mere objects for labor and display — these truths are too easily swept aside. "Until the lion learns to write, every story will …
