Science - USA (2022-03-04)

NEWS | FEATURES | BLACK PHYSICISTS

At historically Black colleges and universities, tight funding

threatens an extraordinary record of nurturing Black physicists

BLACK COLLEGES

CAN’T DO IT ALL

Robert Dixon has spent more

than 50 years mentoring physics

students at historically

Black colleges and universities.

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By Jeffrey Mervis

CREDITS: (PHOTO MATTHEW ODOM; (ILLUSTRATION C. SMITH/

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