{"id":114900,"date":"2023-03-01T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=114900"},"modified":"2023-03-01T11:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:01:07","slug":"university-awarded-grant-to-promote-inclusivity-in-stem-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/university-awarded-grant-to-promote-inclusivity-in-stem-education\/","title":{"rendered":"University Awarded Grant to Promote Inclusivity in STEM Education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The university has received a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to evaluate and incentivize inclusive STEM teaching, as women and minorities are historically underrepresented in the fields. By focusing on inclusive teaching, the project team hopes to make a positive impact on the state’s STEM workforce. Photo by Kevin Bain\/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute<\/a> has awarded the University of Mississippi<\/a> a new grant to understand, promote and evaluate inclusivity in STEM education.<\/p>\n

More than 100 colleges and universities have received six-year grants totaling $60 million as part of HHMI’s Inclusive Excellence 3 Initiative<\/a>. The IE3 initiative challenges schools across the U.S. with building capacity for inclusion of all students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.<\/p>\n

“We are asking ourselves, ‘What can we do to incentivize and reward the work that faculty do to make our classrooms and learning spaces as inclusive, accessible and excellent as possible, and how can we make this work count?'” said Kirsten Dellinger, principal investigator and associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion in the College of Liberal Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“As the flagship institution in the state, we are working collaboratively with other universities and on our own campus to find effective ways to transform STEM education so we can contribute to a diverse and dynamic STEM workforce in the state of Mississippi and beyond. That’s exciting to our team.”<\/p>\n

Alongside Dellinger, representatives from several key areas of the university make up the team:<\/p>\n