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You don't know what you're getting into until you're in it; even now, I'm not so sure what I'm in.

Julia Kempe couldn't bring herself to choose between physics and maths, nor between two graduate institutions. So she did two Ph.D.s at once in quantum computation.

His cultural identity has not caused any real hardships or put any of his professional goals out of reach, Bounceur feels.

Diggs was a 2004 Black Engineer of the Year Award winner in the "Promising Scientist in Government" category. He was also named one of the 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science in 2004 by
Science Spectrum magazine.

Students are on a journey to discover who they are and what they can become.

Assamagan has dedicated his career to developing detectors and software to explore still-uncharted areas of particle physics.

Andronicos feels a tremendous amount of responsibility to help other minority students persevere and succeed in their studies.

The purpose of MS PHD'S is to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in earth-system sciences.

“Our goal is to begin to influence the new crop of African academics that can then engage with colleagues here to develop long-lived collaborative relationships.”—Michael Adewumi

A survey of the top 50 ranked physics departments in 2002 shows that of 1998 physics faculty members, there were 12 of identifiable African heritage.

"The long-term goal is to prepare [underrepresented minorities] to become those critical staff scientists that we need for the future workforce, hopefully here [at ORNL]." –Debbie McCoy, RAMS Program Administrator.

The first step to realizing this vision, says Ridgway, is for students to take a basic geology class and find out what geologists actually do.

Although Williams had difficulties pursuing a career as a mathematical researcher, he urges young minorities to be persistent and never give up their dream.

Ruiz's diverse experiences as a woman in the sciences provides a background for helping others attain their goals.

NOAA Fisheries, based in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has a long history of fostering minority development in the sciences.