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BigUps: Dr. Gina Francis

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Dr. Gina Francis

Dr. Francis is an accomplished veterinarian and writer who not only holds the distinction of being the first practicing Black veterinarian in Jacksonville, NC, but also the recipient of the Intriguing African-American Women award by the Northeast Community Development Corporation.
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Summer Ecology Research Opportunity for Undergrads

Remember when I was saying that undergraduate research is a good thing? Well, fresh off of the Ecological Society of America ECOLOG presses, here is a FABULOUS opportunity.
Summer Research Program in the Arkansas Ozarks Assessment and Sustainable Management of Ecosystem Services
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Univ. of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas is conducting a Research Experience for Undergraduates [...]

Black Professionals Aren’t Recession Proof

by Malcolm G. Turner
Despite being more educated than our peers, well-spoken, non-threatening, generally good Negroes, Black folks tend to take the brunt of the damage during recessions, all the way from the janitors to the managers. The companies that are forced to comply with these equal opportunity standards are presented with the perfect opportunity to [...]

Undergraduate Research - It’s a Good Thing

During my first senior year of college, I signed up to do a Senior Problem, also called a Senior Thesis. It was a two semester independent research study on sheep. I studied the seasonal influences of mating and reproduction of a Southeastern Ewe-flock. I spent a lot of time on the University’s farm (I was [...]

Increasing Diversity in the Sciences with Mentorship and Conference Attendance

Continuing the dialogue about Increasing Diversity in the Sciences, I want to examine the initiatives of professional organizations to provide travel awards and mini-mentorship opportunities to undergraduate students to attend scientific meetings.
Scientific meetings offer tremendous learning and networking opportunities for students. This is especially true for students who are members of traditionally under-represented groups. Though [...]

Increasing Diversity in the Sciences

“The very large racial Ph.D. gap in the natural sciences is striking when we examine black Ph.D. awards in specific disciplines.” * I am all-too-familiar with this fact. I am the only African-American Ph.D. student in my academic department. That will make me the second African-American to earn a doctorate in Biology from my institution. [...]