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

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