The Executive Leadership Council and Base 11 Announce Partnership to Achieve Parity for Black America by 2030
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and Base 11 have announced that they will work together on a national initiative to improve African American representation in strategic areas such as STEM jobs and corporate...
Base 11 Executive Director Ingrid Ellerbe Retires
Ingrid Ellerbe, the tireless executive director of Base 11, retired this month, after nearly five years of high impact service at Base 11 and over three decades of leadership in the technology and education industries with a focus on empowering underserved communities.
Base 11’s Statement on Violence Against Asian Americans
We at Base 11 are deeply saddened by the recent violence against Asian Americans occurring in cities across the U.S. and are horrified by the senseless murders in Atlanta. Our team, our board, and our extended family stand in unwavering support of our Asian community against all forms of racism and acts of hate.
STEM Hero: Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO
Janine Austin Clayton, M.D., FARVO is Director of the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which recently launched the NIH Prize for Enhancing Faculty Gender Diversity in Biomedical and Behavioral Science to increase the number of women faculty members in biomedical and behavioral science departments.
Victory Circle Student Nathan Sam Wows at NASA
By Jade Kim, Student Success Specialist Victory Circle students have gone on to a range of exciting internships and careers in STEM. Many of them, including Nathan Sam who was a Base 11 Summer Fellow at Caltech, credit Base 11’s hands-on learning experiences with...
Base 11 STEM Hero: Toby Bothel
Base 11 interviews Toby Bothel, the director of engineering, design and fabrication at TIES, a STEM education consultancy.
Base 11 & The Eva Longoria Foundation Launch the Virtual STEM Entrepreneur Program
By Jade Kim, Student Success Specialist at Base 11 This fall, Base 11 partnered with the Eva Longoria foundation to launch the STEM Entrepreneur Program to an online cohort of 29 students. The program, taught by Donnell Layne, co-founder and chief operations officer...
Purdue partners with Morgan State University to help students shoot for the stars
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University, home to 25 astronauts and a leading aeronautics and astronautics program, will lend its expertise to Morgan State University as it launches its own liquid-fueled rocketry lab and training program, a first among Historically...
Inside Indiana Business
Purdue to Help Establish Rocketry Lab at Morgan State. Read more.