The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, designed to increase the completion of doctorates among first generation, low-income and underrepresented students – ultimately diversifying the professoriate – inducted 16 undergraduates April 9.
Dainelle Allen ’18, Edgar Barraza ’18, Amelia Bennett ’18, Sofia Da Silva ’18, Jailene Hidalgo ’18, Lucinda Li ’18, Summer Lopez Colorado ’18, Alexandria Stansell ’18, Miguel Martinez ’18, Rosaria Majano ’18, Nathaniel Pineda ’18, Lee Puckett ’18, Sebastian Roubert Martinez ’18, Alex Wong ’18, Jesse Sanchez ’18 and Samarra Scantlebury ’18 will pursue research on topics ranging from diseases among Carribean-immigrant communities to communication in marine vertebrates.
The program was created in honor of Ronald E. McNair, the second African-American to fly in space, who died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion. In her keynote address, Julianne Malveaux, former president of Bennett College for Women, focused on the meaning of scholarship, McNair’s legacy, and the road ahead for the scholars as future academics and professors. Full story.
This article originally appeared in the Cornell Chronicle.
