Faculty in the College of Science earned two different grants aimed at increasing the diversity of students pursuing studies in the sciences.

Funded by a $75,000 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant, chemistry faculty members Molly Atkinson, Adriana Corrales and Rebecca Weber are studying ways to build more equitable educational pathways in chemistry for underserved communities.

Physics faculty members Yuan Li and Ohad Shemmer are collaborating with faculty from the University of Texas at Dallas to launch a post-baccalaureate bridge program and organize monthly colloquia and annual symposia to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups in astronomy.

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