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...
View ArticleState Colleges in Georgia Hiring in Economic Downturn
ATLANTA – 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. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
View ArticleUNCF/Merck Grants Awarded To Address Minority STEM Underrepresentation
The UNCF/MERCK Science Initiative (UMSI) announced on Monday that it is awarding 37 scholarships and fellowships to African-American students in biological science and engineering disciplines. Since...
View ArticleSchools Producing Latino STEM Graduates Highlighted in Report
Institutions that produce the most Latino graduates in the STEM fields were singled out for recognition Thursday in a report hailed as a guide for other colleges and universities that are looking to...
View ArticleSouthern University System Finds Creative Way To Attract Students
When the fall semester begins at Southern University Baton Rouge, freshman orientation will be a bit different this year. In addition to the 892 incoming freshmen being welcomed to the Louisiana...
View ArticleThe Top 25 Colleges Graduating Latinos In Science, Technology, Engineering,...
A recent Huffington Post cites Excelencia in Education‘s list top 25 schools graduating Latinos in STEM fields” “Excelencia in Education, a non-profit organization specializing in Latino higher...
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Grambling MSN Program Graduates Maintain 100 Percent Licensing Exam Pass Rate
Dr. Rhonda D. Hensley has directed the Grambling State MSN program since its inception. Since the first six students completed their Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree at Grambling State...
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Scholars, Lawmakers Call for Greater Focus on Recruiting, Preparing Engineers...
Amir Mirmiran, engineering dean at Florida International University Engineering deans at many minority-serving institutions are among those calling for a new national initiative to help MSIs and urban...
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Heinz Award Honors UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III is president of the University of Maryland in Baltimore County.Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland in Baltimore County (UMBC), is one of five...
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Biology Professor Named Project Kaleidoscope Director
Dr. Kelly Mack Despite increased emphasis on the need to increase diversity in STEM fields, there’s still a dearth of understanding when it comes to bringing about the kind of institutional change...
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Florida International Program Cultivating STEM Candidates Early
Dr. Irma Becerra-Fernandez, center, said the inaugural Life Sciences South Florida STEM Research Symposium for students was a hit. Dr. Irma Becerra-Fernandez knew in eighth grade that she had a knack...
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Summer of STEM
High school senior Jordan Stearns is a participant in the Physician Scientist Training Program. Against the backdrop of a national imperative to address projected shortages of underrepresented...
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System Breakdown
Dr. Richard Tapia is a mathematician and Maxfield-Oshman professor in engineering at Rice University. Six years ago Dr. Onyeka Ezenwoye received his doctorate in computer science from Florida...
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Cañada College’s STEM Center a One-Stop Shop for Support
Danni Redding Lapuz, project director of the STEM Center at Cañada College, said the center was created to eliminate redundancies in programs and make them more accessible to students.Just a few short...
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Felicia McInnis Nave Defies Boundaries for Women in STEM
Felicia Nave says through hard work and perseverance, an excellent work ethic, a strong faith, family support and a positive attitude, one can accomplish and realize significant achievements that...
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Howard University Awarding School Record 105 Doctoral Degrees
Howard currently offers 28 Ph.D. degree programs and awarded its first doctoral degree to two chemistry students in 1958. Howard University has maintained it lead as the top producer of on-campus...
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Chiang Remembered as Pioneer Biostatistician of Public Health
Dr. Chin Long Chiang, who had been battling pancreatic cancer, died in April at his Berkeley home about seven months shy of his 100th birthday. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday for a...
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Israeli, Chinese Universities to Collaborate
Tel Aviv University President Joseph Klafter said funding will be sought from private and government sources for the joint venture. TEL AVIV, Israel ― Two top universities from Israel and China...
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D.C. STEM Symposium Examines Equity Issue
Catherine Lhamon Much attention has been brought to bear of late regarding the decline in the number of college students majoring in STEM disciplines. This decline is particularly acute among minority...
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UW Bothell Chancellor Sees Abundance of Opportunity for Underserved on His...
Bjong Wolf Yeigh, chancellor of the University of Washington Bothell, is proud that his campus “is really doing something about serving underserved populations.”University presidents and chancellors...
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