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Last spring the college offered an interactive, discussion-based course that investigated the history of contributions by engineers marginalized by race or gender and studied cases where a lack of diversity contributed to adverse engineering consequences. 

Brenda Henriquez, a brand-new computer science graduate as of May, says she always had �鶹��Ƶ on her radar. She reflects on her time in Break Through Tech and the accomplishments made along the way.

�鶹��Ƶ provided premiere academic sponsorship for the ASEE Industry 4.0 summit, which featured a keynote address from President Gregory Washington and panel discussion from Dean of the College of Engineering and Computing Ken Ball.

As the first female in her family to pursue STEM, Dania O-Abu Irshaid plans to trailblaze a path in cybersecurity after graduation.

Members of the George �鶹��Ƶ National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) chapter received the Region 2 Small Chapter of the Year Award.

Of the 115 judges who have served on the U.S. Supreme Court, 108 of them have been White men. This summer, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will spark a change, as she becomes the first Black woman to serve as a justice in the court’s 233-year history. She was confirmed by the Senate on April 7.

The Enslaved people of George �鶹��Ƶ Memorial will be dedicated at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 4, as part of the university’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

�鶹��Ƶ students used their winter break as a chance to gain valuable professional experience through the Break Through Tech Sprinternship program.

Tharuna Kalaivanan is a PhD student in the Public and Applied Sociology Program at �鶹��Ƶ. She graduated from �鶹��Ƶ with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2020. She is also an Honors College Alum.