Minority groups still underrepresented in STEM fields
Salah Hassan, 16, completes a math problem on the board during class at the STEM Academy in Rochester, Minn., on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. The STEM Academy is preparing students for fields such as microbiology, nursing, nanotechnology, computer graphics, software engineering and physics.
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The Science Museum of Minnesota's annual Science Fusion event— focusing on celebrating minorities in STEM fields and encouraging kids to pursue STEM careers—is back.
On The Daily Circuit, we talk about why more minorities don't enter STEM fields, and what can be done about it.
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