BET "Black Girls Rock!" Tech Award: Dr. Mareena Robinson Snowden (2018)

Mareena Robinson-Snowden PhD ’17 was honored by BET with a 2018 Black Girls Rock! Tech Award for becoming the first black woman to earn a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT.

Air date: 9 September 2018, BETNetwork

Timeline: 2010s

School: School of Engineering

Department: Nuclear Science and Engineering

Life: Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)

Career: EducationEngineeringScienceTechnology

Object: Video

Collection: Honors, Pop Culture, Rising Voices 1995-Present, STEM Education, Women

External Link: https://www.bet.com/shows/black-girls-rock/2018/girls-rock-tech-2018.html

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