By Anna De Cheke Qualls By any standard, 1976 was a threshold year. When Howard University launched the nation’s first Ph.D. program in mathematics at a historically Black college or university, it didn’t simply add another graduate credential. It built a durable pipeline — one that would carry generations of Black mathematicians into research, classrooms, laboratories, agencies, and leadership roles around the world. It was also the culmination of decades of work toward what faculty today refer to as building “The Mathematical Mecca”: a center of excellence in research, teaching, and community service. But the story of Howard mathematics is
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