Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity
Three scholars from the ReBUILDetroit program win awards for best posters in the Social and Behavioral, Public Health discipline category at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Tampa, Florida last month. The winning posters by Wayne State University sophomores Leena Abbas, Ki-Jana Malone and Mohammed B. Mohammed are respectively: “Effects of Read More …
University of Detroit Mercy Chemistry sophomore and ReBUILDetroit scholar, Kathrine Yacoo and her lab partner, Danielle Maxwell, won the “Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award” at the Association of Analytical Chemists (ANACHEMS) annual symposium earlier this month. “This was the first conference I presented a poster on our research that specifically highlights the analytical chemistry aspect,” said Read More …
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“Faculty-student relationships are the number one indicator of student success,” says Dr. Katherine Rowell, professor of Sociology at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. More than 25 faculty and staff from Detroit Mercy, Marygrove College and Wayne State University participate in an interactive professional development workshop facilitated by Rowell at Detroit Mercy on October 7. Read More …
Part of the scientific community
Christina Jones, ReBUILDetroit scholar, identifies herself as part of the scientific community after attending the Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign last month. “I am so thankful for being able to attend the conference,” says Jones. “The experience brought me closer to my lab team and made me feel apart Read More …
Professional development session, Oct 7
Celebrating scholar’s research
More than 200 scholars, family, faculty and administrators attended Research Day at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History featuring keynote speaker, David Asai, senior director in science education at the Howard Hughes Institute (HHMI) on September 13. Asai’s address titled, “Chunking,” demonstrated how an expert could recognize patterns, break down complex information Read More …
ReBUILDetroit scholars will be presenting posters of their summer research experience during Research Day at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History on Tuesday, September 13 from 4-7 p.m. Scholars have created more than 40 posters from their work at University of Detroit Mercy, Wayne State University and Marygrove College. The keynote speaker Read More …