Tommy Wen Chin, a Cal-Bridge scholar conducted research with Dr. Steven Furlanetto at UCLA as part of a Cal-Bridge REU and presented it as a poster at AAS2021.
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) reach 25-year milestone with California and the CSU leading Latina/o student success.
The Example of Excelencia at the Graduate Level is the Cal-Bridge Program at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dra. Michelle Espino Lira talks with Dr. Alex Rudolph, Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Director of Cal-Bridge, in addition to two Cal-Bridge Scholars, Katy Rodriguez Wimberly (doctoral student at UC-Irvine) and Rob Tejada Arevajo (doctoral student at Princeton University).
PhD bridge programs provide an asset-based model to help overcome the societal and disciplinary obstacles to improving access and inclusion for students from underrepresented groups and are beginning to show some success.
The Cal-Bridge Program has the mission of creating opportunities for traditionally underrepresented groups to increase their numbers in PhD programs in physics and astronomy.
The organization Excelencia in Education has chosen Cal-Bridge as its 2019 Example of Excelencia in the graduate category.
The Cal-Bridge program connects promising juniors and seniors from underrepresented groups with STEM faculty mentors to help smooth the transition from undergraduate to graduate programs.
Cal-Bridge draws high-potential students into PhD programs in physics and astronomy.
Justin shares his story and research plan as a future doctoral student in astrophysics at the University of Pennsylvania, which has offered him a fellowship to cover the costs of the six years it will take him to get his Ph.D.
Cal State San Bernardino is part of a consortium of 16 California State University and nine University of California campuses collectively awarded a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to dramatically increase diversity in physics and astronomy through the Cal-Bridge program.