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STEM
Just Like Magic, Kyla McMullen Makes Obstacles Disappear
Dr. Kyla McMullen, a Diverse 2015 Emerging Scholar, became the first African-American woman with a Ph.D. in engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan en route to being named a Diverse 2015 Emerging Scholar.
STEM
City College of San Francisco Works to Bridge the Science Gap
The City College of San Francisco prepares students for biological science and tech careers.
STEM
Dean Clearing Native Americans’ Path to Increased STEM Participation
What do mythological stories from Native American tradition, ancient fossils and STEM mentoring have in common? They can all help propel Native American students to STEM careers, according to Dr. Kent Smith.
STEM
Expert Tells Graduate School Stakeholders Don’t Count on Financial ‘Cavalry’ Coming
Speakers at the Council of Graduate Schools annual meeting last week warned that state by state divestment in higher education shows little sign of reversing ― and prospects of funding from the federal government are no rosier.
Native Americans
Oklahoma State University Trying to Open STEM Door to More Native Americans
The newly created Office for the Advancement of Native Americans in Medicine and Science, headed up by Dr. Kent Smith, a professor of anatomy, is reaching out to the 39 federally recognized tribes of Oklahoma.
Students
Asheville-Buncombe Tech Finds STEM Recruitment Success by Refocusing Message
With an NSF grant of nearly $200,000, which the college received in the fall of 2012, A-B Tech Community College was able to bring up the number of women in targeted STEM programs from 39 to 75, nearly doubling their numbers.
STEM
San Francisco State Encouraging Underrepresented to March Forward, Give Back
The university aims to boost the proportion of underrepresented minorities who are biomedical and behavioral sciences majors in the annual graduating class to 40 percent.
STEM
Johns Hopkins University Turns to Grade-School Program to Raise STEM’s Profile
The SABES program came about from a series of discussions at Johns Hopkins on how to best formulate a collaboration between the School of Education, the Whiting School of Engineering and Baltimore City Public Schools.
HBCUs
Focus: Health Sciences
The feature stories in this issue include pieces on the shortage of primary care physicians, a Johns Hopkins initiative introducing STEM to Baltimore’s public school students and this year’s HBCU Week Conference.
Students
Experts: Minority Talent Available for Silicon Valley
While technology firms have blamed an insufficient talent pipeline for low Black and Latino employee numbers, educators say Silicon Valley companies have cast too narrow a net for potential hires.
Latinx
Joseph Francisco Developed Love for Science in Nurturing Environments
Even though the University of Nebraska―Lincoln’s Dr. Joseph Francisco didn’t have a role model at home who had gone to college — his grandparents, whom he lived with, did not go further than the second and third grade — he built his foundation to be a leader in academia there.
Leadership & Policy
Higher Ed Leaders Now Working to Close ‘Skills Gap Shortage’
A growing number of colleges and universities are partnering with employers to train students with the skills they will need to break into local industries.
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