Notices by InfoSecSherpa (infosecsherpa@infosec.exchange)

Happy #April25 #PerfectDate

“First Lt. Gabrielle White, a 25-year-old West Point graduate, became the first female Ranger ever to compete in the annual three-day, 30-event marathon, which unfolded Friday to Sunday at Fort Benning, Georgia.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/west-point-graduate-first-woman-complete-army-ranger-competition-rcna201526

February 27th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"In August of 1917 Eugene Jacques Bullard, an American volunteer in the French army, became the first African American military pilot and one of only a few blacks pilot in World War I."

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197458/eugene-jacques-bullard

February 26th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Otis Boykin received his first patent in 1959 for a wire precision resistor. In 1964, he developed a resistor that made the first implantable pacemaker possible."

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otis-boykin

February 28th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Philip Emeagwali, nicknamed "Calculus" by his schoolmates, won the Gordon Bell Prize in 1989 for developing high-performance computing applications that used computational fluid dynamics for oil-reservoir modeling."

Meet the High School Dropout Who Invented the World’s First Supercomputer
https://www.blackhistory.com/2020/08/philip-emeagwali-high-school-dropout-who-invented-first-supercomputer.html

"Citigroup wrongly credited a client’s account with $81 trillion instead of $280, the Financial Times reports. The payment was reversed after a few hours, and stemmed from an input error and problematic back-up system, per anonymous sources. The incident, which happened last April, comes as the Wall Street bank looks to show regulators it has fixed its operational issues. The funds never left the lender, and it was disclosed to the Federal Reserve."

https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/citi-mistakenly-gifts-client-81t-7191842/

February 21st #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

In hono(u)r of the 🇨🇦 hockey win last night...

"Nova Scotia can be said to be the birthplace of Black Culture and heritage in #Canada, boasting the largest indigenous #Black community in Canada."

https://bccns.com/our-history/

February 20th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

Check out this resource: "BlackFacts is the oldest and longest-running data-driven online Black History resource."

https://www.blackfacts.com/

February 19th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Blacks In Cybersecurity™ (@blacksincyber) is a meetup group and conference series to help highlight and elevate the Black community in #Cybersecurity." #LitLikeBIC

https://www.blacksincyberconf.com/

February 18th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Paul Revere Williams, A Trailblazing Black Architect Who Helped Shape Los Angeles"

https://www.npr.org/2012/06/22/155442524/a-trailblazing-black-architect-who-helped-shape-l-a

February 25th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Clarence “Skip” Ellis was the first African-American to earn a PhD in computer science (PhD CS ’69)."

https://siebelschool.illinois.edu/about/awards/alumni-awards/alumni-awards-past-recipients/clarence-ellis

February 23rd #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Gladys West was among a small group of women who did computing for the U.S. military during the early days of the Cold War, including Defense Department work that eventually became the basis for the Global Positioning System (GPS)."

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/3700859/navy-scientist-helped-develop-gps/

February 17th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

Learn about "Famous Black Engineers Throughout History" and support groups like the National Society of Black Engineers (nsbe.org).

https://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/famous-black-engineers.htm

February 14th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

A #ValentinesDay shout out to the Association of Black Cardiologists who are working to achieve health equity for all through the elimination of disparities. ♥️

Learn more about them here: https://abcardio.org/

February 12th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Established in 2003, The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) is the only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture." https://nmaahc.si.edu

February 10th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"A nurse from Queens, New York, Marie Van Brittan Brown created the first video home security system in 1966, paving the way for the technology we use today."

https://allthatsinteresting.com/marie-van-brittan-brown

February 9th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"His dream became a reality when the Philadelphia Eagles selected him with 125th overall pick in the 1952 NFL Draft, making him one of the first two Black players to integrate the Eagles."

#GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly

https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/ralph-goldston

February 6th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight:

"Digital equity is computer scientist Joy Boulamwini’s passion. She founded her organization, Algorithmic Justice League, to reveal and remove digital racial bias from the Artificial Intelligence programs..."

https://cmd-it.org/2022-news/8-black-pioneers-in-computing-in-tech/

For every day in February, I will be posting to celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth by spotlighting Black Americans who have contributed to the fields of #STEM and #LibraryScience, in addition to shout outs to Black-owned businesses and #InfoSec groups.

Thread 🧵 begins here:

February 4th #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight, #LibraryScience edition:

"Here are 13 pioneering Black American librarians, but this is only a fraction of the Black #librarians who have left a lasting legacy in librarianship."

https://bookriot.com/pioneering-black-american-librarians/