This HBCU Alumna is the 1st Black Woman to Graduate from Yale with a PhD in Astrophysics

Now Isler is at SU as a Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow, her position supported by a number of sources, but primarily an SU ADVANCE grant and the Chancellor’s Office. Her position lasts for two years, with the goal that she transition into a tenure-track position in the Physics Department at the University.

Isler studies hyperactive supermassive black holes that reside at the centers of galaxies, called blazars. Some of these black holes have relativistically moving streams of charged particles that happen to be oriented toward the Earth line of sight.

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JCSU MEN’S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES THE 2014 SUMMER CAMPS

The Johnson C. Smith University men’s basketball program will host their annual basketball camps to include the 24th annual All-Star Basketball Camp on the campus primary inside Brayboy Gymnasium. There will be two different camps with one session from June 11th-13th and a session from July 20th-24th.  Source:JCSU MEN’S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES THE 2014 SUMMER CAMPS

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JCSU AWARDED FIVE CIAA TEAM HIGHEST GPA HONORS

The Johnson C. Smith University department of athletics earned the CIAA Team Highest Grade Point Average Award in women’s cross country, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, as well as men’s and women’s outdoor track and field. The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced the winners of the team GPA awards for the 2013-2014 academic…

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JCSU WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD EARNS TOP REGIONAL HONORS

Johnson C. Smith University women’s outdoor track and field program received U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Atlantic Region honors for Track Athlete of the Year (Danielle Williams), Head Coach of the Year (Lennox Graham), and Assistant Coach of the Year (Larry Moore). Source:JCSU WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD EARNS TOP…

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