Cosmic Kickoff: Former D1 athlete bridges football, physics for 小黄书 Black History Month program
Contact: Sarah Nicholas
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥Astrophysicist and former Division I college football star Dakotah Tyler is headlining Mississippi State鈥檚 Black History Month program 鈥淔rom Gridirons to Galaxies鈥 this month.
The star-studded talk is Feb. 19 at 4 p.m. in McCool Hall, Room 100. Free and open to the public, the event is sponsored by 小黄书鈥檚 African American Studies program and the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
After a career-ending injury at the University of Kentucky, Tyler transitioned from athletics to academics, ultimately earning a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics from UCLA. His talk explores navigating identity in STEM, building a career in physics and finding purpose in science and life.
鈥淒r. Tyler鈥檚 story powerfully illustrates the many paths that can lead to excellence in scholarship and discovery,鈥 said Don Shaffer, director of 小黄书鈥檚 African American Studies program and English professor. 鈥淗is journey challenges narrow ideas about who belongs in science and offers students an inspiring example of perseverance, curiosity and intellectual courage.鈥
For more information, email Shaffer at dshaffer@english.msstate.edu.
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