Diversity Program Consortium News 2016

News announcements included on this page highlight research institutions supported by NIGMS

Happening Now: Hannah Valantine
December, 2016 • The American Society for Microbiology, Cultures: The Disparities Issue & Technology, Quarterly Publication

Building a Diverse Future for Science​
Fall/Winter 2016 • San Francisco State University, SF State Magazine

ReBUILDetroit: A Research-Based Inter-Institutional Collaboration to Diversify the Biomedical Workforce​
Fall 2016 • BioMatters Magazine

Students Discover and Name New Viruses in Unique Introduction to Lab Research at UMBC
November 23, 2016 • University of Maryland, Baltimore County, UMBC News

New Path for Diverse, Next-Gen Researchers​
Fall 2016 • Wayne State Magazine Feature on ReBUILDetroit Program

Notes from the Diversity Program Consortium Annual Meeting​
November 21, 2016 • NIGMS Feedback Loop blog

NRMN Response Letter​
November 18, 2016 • Science Magazine

BUILD PODER Conference at CSUN Examines Science, Race and Racism
November 10, 2016 • California State University, Northridge, CSUN Today

Build Mentor/Mentee Connections with MyNRMN​
November 9, 2016 • Extramural Nexus, NIH Office of Extramural Research

Networking: Match.com for Mentors
October 5, 2016 • Nature Magazine

ASCEND Year 2
October 2016 • Morgan State University, Annual Report on the BUILD ASCEND Program

Part of the Scientific Community
2016 • University of Detroit-Mercy, ReBUILDetroit News

BUILDing Brighter Futures​
2016 • California State University, Long Beach, Quest, Annual Research Magazine

New Tool for Building Mentor/Mentee Connections​​
September 20, 2016 • NIGMS Feedback Loop blog

Mentoring's Moment​
September 2, 2016 • Science Magazine

BUILDing Diversity in Clinical Trials Through Collaborations
August 25, 2016 • University of Rochester Medical Center, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Stories

Summer Internships Expand Scholars' Horizons (3-part series)
Part One, Lessons Learned
Part Two, Preparing for Graduate School
Part Three, Passing the Torch
Summer 2016 • California State University, Long Beach, BUILD News

BUILD Health Research at CSULB-BUILD Annual Symposium 2015
August 25, 2016 • California State University, Long Beach, BUILD YouTube channel

Morgan Students Shine in the ASCEND Summer Research Institute
August 11, 2016 • Morgan State University, News

Scholars Present Summer Research
July 2016 • University of Detroit-Mercy, ReBUILDetroit Program News

BUILD Associates Get a Feel for Graduate School Life During UCI Field Trip
July 2016 • California State University Long Beach, Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity News

Increasing Diversity in the Biomedical Research Workforce [PDF]
July 2016 • Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities, in collaboration with the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities
(Faculty leading NRMN and DPC initiatives contributed to the report)