Minorities in Biology: Opportunities For Growth August 8, 1990, Richmond, VA

布洛克斯坦基金会要求为一个为期一天的项目提供资金，该项目名为“生物学中的少数民族：成长的机会”，将于1990年8月8日在弗吉尼亚州里士满举行的第41届AIBS年会上举行。该活动将包括上午以地区高中学生为对象的活动、下午以高中学生和教师为对象的自助午餐、下午的座谈会、晚上以全体与会者为对象的招待会等。该计划的目标包括：1。为少数民族高中生和大学生提供生物学就业机会的教育；2. 增加少数民族生物学家，特别是传统黑人学院和大学的生物学家与其他专业生物学家之间的联系；和3。提高专业生物学家对生物学中少数民族的问题、关注和机会的认识。

Blockstein Funding is requested for a one day program, "Minorities in Biology: Opportunities for Growth" to be held August 8, 1990 at the 41st annual meeting of AIBS in Richmond, Virginia. The program will consist of a morning program for high school students in the local region, a buffet lunch for high school students and teachers, an afternoon symposium, and an evening reception for all participants in the meeting. The goals of the program include: 1. To inform high school and college students of ethnic minority groups about career opportunities in biology; 2. to increase contact between ethnic minority biologists, especially at historically black colleges and universities, and other professional biologists; and 3. to raise the awareness among professional biologists of issues, concerns, and opportunities regarding ethnic minorities in biology.