UB, partners awarded $1.5 million grant to diversify STEM

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : "This project is a great example of universities with complementary expertise and skillsets working together to help grow and diversify the nation's engineering workforce and also advance technology that could be critical to reducing carbon emissions," said Lin.
54% : The University at Buffalo and partners have received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to diversify the nation's engineering workforce and help minimize the environmental impacts of fossil fuels.
51% : The first is to equip students from minority-serving institutions - a higher education term to describe universities and colleges that enroll a high percentage of students from underrepresented groups - with skills that can help the nation reduce carbon emissions.
49% : The second objective is to promote cutting-edge energy technologies that can help reduce carbon emissions.

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