The Graduate School's Francisco Ramos discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion to the scientific community and why those are more crucial than ever at this moment.
About 90 faculty, students, and staff attended and heard remarks from Dean McClain; Ben Reese, vice president of the Office for Institutional Equity; and student group leaders.
The Duke SROP was created in 1996 to give motivated undergraduate students from around the country hands-on experience in graduate-level biomedical research.
“I started participating in the MRSEC a few years ago through a seed grant, and I have been blown away from the start by the commitment to—and success in—recruiting, supporting, and training a diverse community of materials scientists and engineers.”
