Senior U.S. lawmaker wants National Academies to scrutinize racism in science

 



“There is structural racism in the halls of academia,” says Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and architect of the long-running Meyerhoff Scholars program, arguably the country’s most successful at preparing minority college students for research careers in biomedical science and engineering. “And it’s hindering our ability to deal with some of our biggest challenges, including the current COVID-19 pandemic.”

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