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  • Vanderbilt University

    Lack of minorities in STEM focus of Vanderbilt summit

      Panelists discuss cultural and structural barriers to the advancement of people of color in the STEM fields. (Image provided) African Americans are one of the most underrepresented racial groups in engineering faculty positions, and mentorship programs have done little to remedy that dire statistic. Read More

    Jun. 11, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    TSU, Vanderbilt win nearly $1 million to increase minority STEM Ph.D.s

      2012 graduates of the Fisk-Vanderbilt-Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program (Vanderbilt University) Increasing the number of minority students who earn a Ph.D. in science, technology, engineering and math is the aim of a new “bridge to doctorate” program being launched by a coalition of Tennessee universities and led by… Read More

    Apr. 27, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Mitchell to lead national organization focused on minority engineering enrollment

    A Vanderbilt School of Engineering dean will become president-elect of the National Association of Minority Engineering Program Advocates at the organization’s annual conference Feb. 6-9 at Purdue University. Burgess Mitchell Burgess Mitchell, assistant dean for student services, was elected to the two-year term Feb. 1. In 2015 he will begin… Read More

    Feb. 4, 2013