Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) point to a competitive, predominantly white, male-dominant STEM culture where women confront a “chilly climate” and microaggressions. This includes biology, where there is gender parity, but underrepresented minority (URM) disparities prevail. We draw on qualitative data—focus groups, in-depth interviews, and journal entries—to compare the experiences of Latina, self-identified Black, and Asian American women in a biology undergraduate program at a prestigious Minority Serving Institution. We find that all women identify a...

The process of crafting the Fiscal Year 2027 federal budget has officially begun. On April 3, 2026, the White House released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027. Within thousands of pages of charts and graphs, the proposal calls for a 12% cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a 54% reduction to…