New scholarship named after UMBC's Freeman Hrabowski III promises $1.5B toward diversity-focused scientists – Capital Gazette
Program will be overseen by the Chevy Chase-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Program will be overseen by the Chevy Chase-based Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
The investment from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute aims to support 150 scientists in building diverse and welcoming labs over the next 20 years.
The president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) discussed plans for his upcoming speech (which involve a “kitchen cabinet” of Drexel students) as well as his formative experiences growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s and presiding over UMBC for the past 30 years.
Professors and education officials are finding that, while new college students’ grades are not lower, they are less prepared for college work.
Former first lady Michelle Obama represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on a national stage Saturday by sporting a UMBC T-shirt in a video promoting College Signing Day.