Alice Augusta Ball Day

February 28, 10:00am - 10:30am
Mānoa Campus, Chaulmoogra tree (mauka of Bachman Hall)

The campus community is invited to honor and celebrate Alice Augusta Ball, the university鈥檚 first Black graduate and a pioneering scientist who discovered an effective injectable form of oil from the chaulmoogra tree, which became the most effective treatment for Hansen鈥檚 disease (leprosy) in the first half of the 20th century.

The short program honoring Alice Ball includes 91精品黑料吃瓜 and community members who will pay tribute to her and her academic and scientific contributions. Individuals are welcome to bring a flower or lei, and at the end of the program, place it at the bronze plaque created in memory of Alice Ball.

February 28 was proclaimed as 鈥淎lice Augusta Ball Day鈥 in Hawai驶i by Gov. David Ige in 2022. Governor Green also proclaimed Alice Augusta Ball Day in 2023 and 2024.

(For past events, see the 91精品黑料吃瓜 News story in 2022 and 2024.)


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