National Article Recognizes
SCSU Astrophysics Program

Obliterating Myths About Minority Institutions

by Philip J. Sakimoto and Jeffrey D. Rosendhal
Physics Today - September 2005

 

 

Obliterating Myths About Minority Institutions describes a multiyear NASA initiative, the Minority University and College Education and Research Partnership Initiative (MUCERPI), for developing research partnerships in space science and demonstrates that such programs can have great success in attracting minorities to science.

SCSU successfully competed nationally in 2000 and 2003, winning MUCERPI awards both times they were offered. These awards funded research, education and outreach in astronomy, and astrobiology at SCSU and at its partner institutions. A summery of SCSU's 2000 MUCERPI award is available here and information on the student component is available here. This page describes SCSU's 2003 MUCERPI program.

 

 

This text box (right, click to read) extracted here from the article, highlights the success of the astrophysics and space science activities of the physics program in the Department of Biological and Physical Sciences at South Carolina State University.

Members of the SCSU Department of Biological and Physical Sciences who have participated in the MUCERPI program include Drs. Jennifer Cash, Nasrollah Hamidi, James Payne, Linda Payne, Judith Salley-Guydon, Daniel Smith and Donald Walter.

 

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For more information about the article contact Donald Walter.

 

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