Kennedy Lecture Series to present Dr. Mae Jemison on Wednesday, Jan. 29

The Ohio University Kennedy Lecture Series will present “An Evening with Dr. Mae Jemison,” on Wednesday, Jan. 29.

Dr. Mae Jemison is at the forefront of integrating the physical and social sciences with art and culture to spark innovation and build meaningful solutions to the world’s critical problems.

Jemison leads 100 Year Starship® (100YSS), a nonprofit global initiative to assure that capabilities for human travel beyond our solar system to another star exist within the next 100 years while transforming life on Earth. 

The first woman of color in the world to go into space, Jemison served six years as a NASA astronaut and flew as the Science Mission Specialist aboard the joint mission NASA – Japanese space agency space shuttle Spacelab J. Trained as an engineer, social scientist and dancer, Jemison, a medical doctor, prior to NASA was the Area Peace Corps Medical Officer for Sierra Leone and Liberia and general practitioner in Los Angeles. 

The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Baker University Center Ballroom. All members of the OHIO community are invited to this event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, please see the Kennedy Lecture Series website.