Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity
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 …
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 …
You are invited to the Research Day featuring summer research of ReBUILDetroit scholars at a poster session on Tuesday, September 13. Topic: Program and Research Poster Presentation Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Time: 4 pm to 7 pm Location: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Asai, senior director in Read More …
Team 1 – Alexandra Breves, Diana McMahon and Mallak Taleb Team 2 – Marcel Jones, Edwin Jurado, Jamillah Douthet and A’Tearea Boggan Team 3 – Sara Elhasan, Briana Murdock, Tiara Perkins, Sukria Malique Team 4 – Arren Simpson, Anna Marie Angus, Wayman Jones, Rachel Bruinisma Team 5 – Nema Kebbeh, Angelina Antonyan, Shyank Khan, and Read More …
ReBUILDetroit scholars share how the seven-week Summer Enrichment Program prepared them for their first semester in college. The Summer Enrichment Program provides training on developing the academic skill set necessary to succeed in college and university, information about the research projects students can engage in during their first year, and enrichment activities to help develop Read More …
Rising sophomore ReBUILDetroit scholars presented their summer research at a poster session at Wayne State University on July 26. Thirty-seven posters were presented on a wide variety topics ranging from cancer research to gender bias to examination of mineral cosmetics to socio-behavior indicators in teens with asthma just to name a few. “I loved working Read More …
Press Release from Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities Contact: Jeff Lieberson 202-478-6073 (office) 202-236-2372 (cell) Washington, D.C.— To help university leaders address a lack of underrepresented minority scholars in the nation’s scientific workforce, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU), Read More …
A year ago, Victoria Torres and John Sherwood could not have imaged that they would present research findings from their freshman-level course at an international symposium. Torres and Sherwood took part in a new laboratory class, SEA-Phage, at Detroit Mercy which was sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Science Education Alliance. The two-semester Read More …
Congratulations to Molly McClelland, associate professor of nursing at the McAuley School of Nursing at University of Detroit Mercy on presenting at the 11th Annual Nursing Research Conference at Henry Ford Hospital on June 8. Dr. McClelland is a research mentor who is involved in the Summer Research Experience for ReBUILDetroit scholars this summer. Congratulations Read More …