Six students and alumni in engineering and one in natural sciences at Rice have been named 2020 Fellows of the National GEM (Graduate Education for Minorities) Consortium.
Founded in 1976 at Notre Dame University, GEM has supported more than 4,000 Fellows from underrepresented groups (Black/African Americans, Native Americans and Latinx/Hispanic Americans) at the master’s and doctoral levels in engineering and science.
The awards include full tuition and fees, stipends and internships, and vary based on the level of recognition – GEM Full Fellow or GEM Associate Fellow.
Named GEM Full Fellows
Jacar D. Baldwin
M.S. in mechanical engineering
Employer: Owens Corning
Olivia S. Del Guercio
Ph.D. in mathematics
Employer: Commonwealth Edison Co. (CommEd)
Daziyah H. Sullivan
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering
Employer: Corning Inc.
GEM Associate Fellows
Marquise D. Bell
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering
Michael D. Jackson
Ph.D. in statistics
Chanel C. Lee
Ph.D. in computational and applied mathematics
Camille O. Little
Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering