MRSEC has a comprehensive and integrated focus on diversity and inclusion. We seek to identify and adopt best practices and remove barriers to ensure that individuals and ideas can flourish. Our diversity initiatives include:

• Coordinating with University administration to hire diverse faculty
• Rising Stars symposium to identify potential diverse faculty candidates and postdoctoral researchers
• PREM with XULA
• Reinstate Bridge to Doctoral Program
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates program
• Neighborhood programs