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Virtual Event: African Americans in Astronomy
Join us as Brian Koehler, Supervisor of the Mystic Seaport Museum’s Treworgy Planetarium, highlights the groundbreaking achievements by African Americans in the fields of Astronomy and space exploration.
Fitzroy “Pablo” Wickham ‘21 on His Journey to Become a Doctor and Being Black in Neuroscience
Fitzroy “Pablo” Wickham ‘21, the 2021 Jamaica Rhodes Scholarship recipient, knew from a young age that he wanted to be a doctor.
Combating Racism in the Geosciences: Reflections From a Black Professor
The geoscience community struggles to achieve its vision of a diverse, equitable, open, and welcoming field of study. It is time that we faced the realities of structural racism and invested in the real work necessary to realize that vision for everyone. Geoscientists need the entire community to work together to become anti-racist. This commentary … Read more
Professor Laverne Melon’s Journey from Student to Mentor in STEM
Professor Melon dedicated her career to studying psychiatric diseases with large gender gaps in diagnosis like depression.
Brynn Assignon ’20 Shares Her Perspective on Research at Wes
Assignon credits Associate Professor of Chemistry and McNair Program Faculty Director Erika Taylor for encouraging her to get involved with research.
After Years of Gains, Black STEM Representation Is Falling. Why?
The share of Black students completing STEM degrees was growing until the early 2000s. What went wrong? Read Here
Turning isolation into inclusion
Turning isolation into inclusion – C&EN cen.acs.org Now is the time for a shift in responsibility from the students to the administrators. It is time for Black students to not be weighed down by the departmental expectations of being “the face.”
Being Black in the ivory tower
Being Black in the ivory tower – ASBMB www.asbmb.org My journey through the criminal justice system and academia
African American genomes yield insight into slavery practices
A massive study finds that regional differences in how slaves were treated throughout the Americas are reflected in the DNA of present-day Americans of African descent. Read Here