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The Clark Science Center sponsors up to twenty students every year to attend selected science conferences in the Boston area: the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) Science Network Meeting, and the Biomedical Careers Student Conference. Students are recruited through the Mentoring Office and (US)2.
Funding may be available to subsidize traveling costs.
An annual conference is also organized by the Science Inreach/Outreach Coordinator and the Union for Underrepresented Science Students (US)2, held at Smith College. In the past years, the conference has featured a range of notable speakers such as:
- Dr. Helen Hwang, entrepreneur and engineer
- Dr. Susan Stukes, and African American dentist
- Dr. Bruce Cutting, an African American veterinarian in the Pioneer Valley
- Dr. Barbara Ross-Lee, a doctor of osteopathic medicine and Dean of New York Institute of Technology
- Dr. Alfred Gaskin, DVM, an African American veterinarian at the Tuskegee Institute.
- Dr. Marion Smith-Waison ‘68, a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist
- Dr. Virginia Banks, M.D., M.B.A., Infectious Disease Physician.
- Dr. Melba J. T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP, Latina Psychologist and Director of Vasquez and Associates Mental Health Services
- Dr. Alfredo Molinolo, M.D./Ph.D. specializing in oral cancer research
Article: Tenth Annual Smith Conference to 'Change the Face of Science' >
Article: Honoring Minorities in the Sciences >
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