Welcome to the website for Alliance for Minority Participation at Drexel University. One of our principal goals is to promote the success of students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.
Drexel AMP is a partner in the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation , which represents a diverse partnership of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, both public and private two- and four-year., research and non-research institutions.
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If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate contact the Associate Director .
News and Events
Nominate Your Favorite High School Professor - Behind Every Graduate
Graduating seniors are invited to nominate that special high school teacher who inspired them to pursue a college education as they embark on their careers.
Boston Globe: Tenure at MIT still largely a male domain
Just one out of 25 faculty members granted tenure this year at MIT is female, a gender imbalance that appears to contrast with the university's decade-old effort to boost the status of women...
Opportunities and Scholarships
The MIT Lincoln Laboratory offers scientists and engineers the opportunity to work on challenging problems critical to national security. A Department of Defense federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), Lincoln Laboratory has a focused commitment to research and development, with an emphasis on building prototypes and demonstrating operational systems under live test conditions that meet real-world requirements.
They are also recruiting undergraduates and graduate students for their summer research program. Eligibility requirements, program details, and the application process are available at http://www.ll.mit.edu/careers/summer.html .
The Project for Equity, Representation, and Governance and the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University invite submissions for the 2008 Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research in the field of Latino Politics.
The award is given to the best research paper authored by an undergraduate student in the field of Latino Politics. The award carries a prize of $500 and is meant to encourage undergraduates to continue their study of Latino Politics at the graduate level.
Papers for the 2008 award should be a maximum of 25 pages (double spaced, 12-point font) and should be submitted electronically (either as a PDF, MS Word or Word Perfect document) to Kenneth J. Meier at kmeier@politics.tamu.edu by February 15, 2008. Please include "2008 Latino Politics Award" in the subject heading. Papers are not required to contain any form of data analysis. Self-nominations are encouraged.
Within in body of the e-mail please include the following information:
Name
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