The University of Maryland Baltimore County’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program is known for their success in supporting students from diverse backgrounds as they complete STEM degrees. Two prestigious alumni who serve as examples of the program’s success are Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, leading COVID-19 immunologist, and Dr. Jerome M. Adams, former US Surgeon General.

In this webinar, President of University of Maryland Baltimore County, and founder of the program, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III, and Dr. Willie May will discuss the Scholars Program. For the first hour, Dr. May will interview President Hrabrowski about the creation of this program, and the factors that led to its success. After the conversation, attendees will have the opportunity to ask Dr. May and Pres. Hrabowski questions.

After attending, webinar attendees will take away a better understanding of:

1. The Meyerhoff Scholars Program that supports students from diverse backgrounds
2. The mechanisms that make the program successful
3. Strategies of successful programs that support Black students’ academic success

The presentation and Q&A will be recorded, so please register even if you cannot attend live and you will receive a link to the recording. The webinar will be hosted by APS CEO Dr. Jonathan A. Bagger and moderated by APS President S. James Gates, Jr. (Brown University, Ford Foundation Professor of Physics & Affiliate Professor of Mathematics).

Host

• Dr. Jonathan A. Bagger (APS, CEO)

Moderator

• Prof. Jim Gates (Brown University, Ford Foundation Professor of Physics & Affiliate Professor of Mathematics; APS, President)

Presenters

• Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, President of UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
• Dr. Willie E. May, VP for Research and Economic Development at Morgan State University

Resources

Videos

• TED Talk By Pres. Hrabowski
• 60 Minutes Segment on UMBC and Meyerhoff

Books and Reports

• The Empowered University
• Holding Fast to Dreams
• Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation (National Academies Report)
• "The Diversity–Innovation Paradox in Science"

Articles

• Role of higher education in addressing structural racism:
"Higher Education Should Lead the Efforts to Reverse Structural Racism"
• Diversity in Science and Engineering:
"At a Crossroads: Reimagining science, engineering, and medicine—and its practitioners"
• "How to Actually Promote Diversity in STEM"
• "Challenging US Research Universities and Funders to Increase Diversity in the Research Community"
• Meyerhoff Scholars Program
• Replicating the Meyerhoff Program at other Institutions
• A vaunted program for boosting the diversity of U.S. academic scientists is starting to spread