This year’s NOBCChE Annual Meeting will be held virtually. In response to theCOVID-19 pandemic and in the interest of the safety of attendees, the NOBCChEBoard and National Planning Committee are excited to offer the NOBCChEexperience virtually. NOBCChE looks forward to welcoming you to our family inthe digital realm. https://www.nobcche.org/virtual-conference
On Wednesday September 9 from 11 am to 12 pm NOBCChEwill present Our Stories: Transparency in FacingInequalities During a Pandemic- Conversation with Dr.Cato Laurencin and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett. Access to this timely and important discussion is included free ifyou register for the NOBCChE Virtual Conference bySeptember 4. Register
The session will look at how COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting people of color and, how 2individuals at the cornerstone of both are navigating the space of social and racial inequality during apandemic.
We invite you to submit your questions for the panel here. Due by the end of August.
The Chemours Company which is a global chemistry company has announced that itis expanding its scholarship program for students pursuing STEM degrees at HBCUs.
Ms. Stephanie Travers is a chemical engineer and became the first black woman tostand at the Formula One podium. Ms. Travers is a Trackside Fluid Engineer for theMercedes AMG Petronas Team.
New York City students and teachers from diverse backgrounds and all five boroughs are gathering virtually this summer for the eighth annual initiative by NYU Tandon’s Center for K12 STEM Education, one of the largest and most comprehensive university-based programs of free STEM summer workshops, classes and labs in the region.
A recent survey by a major publication sparked a discussion about the value of art and artists in society. The survey found that over 70 per cent of the respondents picked artists as non-essential jobs. It was later highlighted that the survey responses were closely tied to theongoing COVID-19 pandemic where essential needs such as health and food were arguably top of mind. However, the debate over the value of art and education in the arts persisted.
A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office council will begin tackling a huge challenge this year: boosting the percentage of patent owners who are Black—a figure that hovers in the single digits by some estimates. The U.S. patent system, long regarded as among the world’s best, has also been stubbornly difficult for Black inventors to access. Researchers say the underrepresentation means the U.S. is missing out on significant inventions, with fewer perspectives and ideas in the pipeline.
Gender diversity and representation of women have been the long-sought goal across Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines. But can representation alone improve diversity in science and eliminate gender bias? A recent study by Colorado State University researchers has found that undergraduate women in life and physical sciences continued to experience gender biases from their peers — even when they outnumbered men in these courses.
Cell recently received an unfamiliar request for advice about what it would do if a researcher had previously authored work in the journal, but since then, they’d gone through a gender transition and changed their name. They wanted to know if the publisher would adjust their previous article to reflect their chosen name rather than their birth name
Global protests after the death of George Floyd have once again raised questions of ways to improve racial justice for African-Americans, including through greater diversity in tech workplaces. The nation’s electronics and computing companies are overwhelmingly staffed by white engineers, as are the ranks of top executives and boards. Many tech companies have responded directly to the recent protests with a commitment to improve racial diversity but the disparity gap is immense and will be hard to fill.
Imagine being able to use your newly acquired STEM skills in coding to digitally remix the music of one of your favorite artists. It’s not a dream. It happened to a group of high school students when Ciara visited a Norcross, Georgia STEM class. She not only critiqued some of the remixes, but she also validated how important STEM classes and learning how to code is in today’s world.
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On Wednesday September 9 from 11 am to 12 pm NOBCChEwill present Our Stories: Transparency in FacingInequalities During a Pandemic- Conversation with Dr.Cato Laurencin and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett. 
