<p>The first African American woman to earn a doctorate at M.I.T., Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is responsible for the major advances in telecommunications research that led to the invention of the touch-tone phone, portable fax, fiber optic cables, solar cells, call waiting and caller ID. </p><p>To learn more about the current president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the oldest technological research university in the U.S., check out the links to sources below:</p><p><em><a href="https://amzn.to/3weiCBm">Strong Force: The Story of Physicist Shirley Ann Jackson</a></em> </p><p><a href="https://president.rpi.edu/president-biography">https://president.rpi.edu/president-biography</a></p><p><a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/shirley-ann-jackson/">https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/shirley-ann-jackson/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.news10.com/news/local-news/dr-shirley-ann-jackson-a-lifetime-shattering-glass-ceilings-in-math-and-science-for-black-women/">https://www.news10.com/news/local-news/dr-shirley-ann-jackson-a-lifetime-shattering-glass-ceilings-in-math-and-science-for-black-women/</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/mKAgAdHaJw0">https://youtu.be/mKAgAdHaJw0</a> (National Medal of Science bio)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/0CYQAQ1EPSo">https://youtu.be/0CYQAQ1EPSo</a> (Storied Women of MIT)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ATcTENr07U8">https://youtu.be/ATcTENr07U8</a> (An evening with Dr. Jackson NSTMF)</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/xvGPPE-09OE">https://youtu.be/xvGPPE-09OE</a> (Brown University Department of Physics bio)</p><p> If you like these Daily Drops, follow us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-black-news-the-daily-drop/id1602877970">Apple</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL2dvb2RibGFja25ld3NkYWlseWRvc2UvZmVlZC54bWw?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwif3JWyu9r1AhV2EEQIHa62Af0Q9sEGegQIARAC">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://rss.com/podcasts/goodblacknewsdailydose/">RSS.com</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Good-Black-News-Daily-Drop/dp/B09PGR1DRQ/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2G4WZC7MWYX6V&amp;keywords=good+black+news+podcast&amp;qid=1645762300&amp;sprefix=good+black+news+podcast%2Caps%2C141&amp;sr=8-2">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1F6RSKLLXGlkZILIlAegmB?si=G3BKZVSQT4auvt96JHKFYg">Spotify</a> or wherever you get your podcasts. Leave a rating or review, share links to your favorite episodes, or go old school and tell a friend.</p><p>For more Good Black News, check out <a href="http://goodblacknews.org/">goodblacknews.org</a> or search and follow @goodblacknews anywhere on social.</p>