{"id":192749,"date":"2024-02-29T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=192749"},"modified":"2024-03-14T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:14:13","slug":"alice-ball-celebrated-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/29\/alice-ball-celebrated-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Ball: 1st African-American woman chemist, 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> alumna celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 4<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> students, faculty, staff and community members gathered at the ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Commemorative festivities in honor of Alice Augusta Ball opened with a remembrance walk at University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa spearheaded by the Sister Circle at M\u0101noa and Graduate Professional Access Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Hawaiʻi<\/span> Lt Gov. Sylvia Luke reads an official proclamation signed by Gov. Josh Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A special ceremony followed next to Bachman Hall near a Chaulmoogra tree planted in Ball\u2019s honor by the king of Siam in 1935, where a dedication plaque rests in the celebrated alumna\u2019s name. Oli (chant) formally opened a program reaffirming February 28 as “Alice Augusta Ball Day.”<\/p>\n

Hawaiʻi<\/span> Lieutenant Gov. Sylvia Luke read an official proclamation signed by Gov. Josh Green in honor of the first African-American and woman to graduate from both 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and the United States with a master\u2019s degree in chemistry in 1915. At the age of 23, Ball made groundbreaking contributions as a scientist by discovering an injectable form of oil from the Chaulmoogra tree, which became the most effective treatment for Hansen\u2019s disease (leprosy) in the first half of the twentieth century.<\/p>\n

“Can you imagine as a woman and a woman of color what kind of struggles and difficulties she had? But she was able to overcome that,” Luke said.<\/p>\n

Recent milestones<\/h2>\n[vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HSy3CFvuhWY” el_aspect=”916″ align=”right” el_id=”wrap-video-right”] <\/p>\n

At the ceremony, 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> President David Lassner announced two major milestones honoring Ball\u2019s enduring legacy.<\/p>\n