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UNCF/Merck Grants Awarded To Address Minority STEM Underrepresentation

Thirty-seven students pursuing careers in the biological sciences and engineering have been selected to receive UNCF/Merck Science grants.

State Colleges in Georgia Hiring in Economic Downturn

While the rest of state government eliminated 10,000 jobs during the Great Recession, the University System of Georgia added more than 5,000 employees.

Graduate Diversity Officers Play Key Role in Helping STEM Departments Diversify

I’m honored to have contributed to a piece recently published in the 2012 summer edition of The Review of Higher Education. The article focuses on efforts to diversify graduate education at research-intensive universities across the country. While underrepresented minority students comprise about a quarter (and growing) of the nation’s undergraduate population, just 11 percent of […]

Commentary: Graduate Diversity Officers Play Key Role in Helping STEM Departments Diversify

Though there is much effort invested in and discussion about undergraduate recruitment and admissions, there is a lesser known group of individuals working to build a diverse student body of entering graduate students: Graduate Diversity Officers.

Lorelle Espinosa

Academic Leaders Share STEM Education Ideas

Among key points made at the National Science Foundation’s 2012 Joint Annual Meeting, high educational attainment in STEM disciplines becomes easier to reach when academic leaders take systematic approaches toward change and make mentoring a big part of their programs.

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Minority-Serving Schools Targeted by Howard Hughes Medical Institute STEM Grants

Ten minority-serving institutions are among 47 small colleges and universities receiving science education grants totaling $50 million-plus from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

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Thurgood Marshall College Fund STEM Internships Funded by $400,000 USDA Grant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has awarded the Thurgood College Fund $400,000 to underwrite a 10-week summer internship program to enable public HBCU undergraduates to work in agriculture-related fields.

Analysis: Meeting the STEM Challenge

Science and math programs that target untapped talent among minority and disabled students are critical to American competitiveness, a former New York Times science reporter writes.

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail

Coming to the Defense of Black Students

When school systems recognize that many of their Black students are falling behind, they frequently bring in Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu to help right the situation.

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

STEM Program Helps Women STEM Faculty Members Navigate Academia

University of Chicago and Northwestern University collaborate in a program that guides women in STEM fields.

Nursing Program Angling for Advanced Degree

The University of Louisiana system granted Nicholls State University permission to join the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and McNeese and Southeastern Universities in the Intercollegiate Masters of Science nursing consortium.

Scholars, Administrators Urged to Develop Globally-focused STEM Programs

If program leaders want their STEM proposals to stand out at the National Science Foundation, think global and think collaboratively, two NSF officials said Friday at a conference on producing more globally-minded STEM students.

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