Colloquium: Nate Brown (Penn State)

When:
December 6, 2019 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
2019-12-06T15:30:00-10:00
2019-12-06T16:30:00-10:00
Where:
Keller 401

Speaker: Nate Brown (Penn State)

Title: Tomorrow’s STEM leaders are diverse

Abstract: Thirty years ago a radical experiment began at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The aim was to prepare undergraduates from underrepresented groups to be successful graduate students in STEM fields. The pillars of the program were unorthodox and the results have been stunning. In this talk I will discuss the Driving Change Initiative, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which aims to replicate UMBC’s experiment at research institutions across the country.