HHMI Grant to Support Student Success in STEM
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has just announced that Washington University is one of 24 institutions that will receive a $1 million grant to support student success in STEM, as a part of the HHMI Inclusive Excellence Initiative.
The Washington University initiative will be led by Regina F. Frey (the Florence E. Moog Professor of STEM Education, Chemistry; co-director of the Center for Integrative Research on Cognition, Learning, and Education); Jennifer R. Smith, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and professor of earth and planetary sciences and of environmental studies; Jan Duchek, director of the Cornerstone learning center and associate professor of psychological and brain sciences; and Kathryn Miller, chair and professor of biology.
To read more about this initiative, please read this article in the Washington University Source.