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Although institutions of higher education have placed a large emphasis on increasing the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students matriculating in higher education, the disparities in STEM retention and graduation rates between URM and non-URM students emphasize the dire need for increased support to help URM students navigate challenges including stereotype threat, impostor phenomenon, and lack of social connectedness that disproportionately affect URM students in majority-dominated f...

UC Berkeley alumna and venture capitalist Freada Kapor Klein and her husband Mitch Kapor donated $5 million to diversify STEM on campus.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will hold a virtual convocation to recognize the graduating Class of 2021 on Tuesday, May 25, at 3 p.m. This yea

Kizzmekia "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett: Helped develop COVID vaccine The Monroe News Who is Kizzmekia "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett? Kizzmekia "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett is a viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID NIH) based in Bethesda, Maryland. Appointed to the VRC in 2014, she is currently the scientific lead of the VRCs Coronavirus Team, with research efforts aimed at propelling novel corona...