diversity

How An Art Museum Is Reaching A More Diverse Audience

6:14am January 07, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta has undertaken several efforts to increase the proportion of nonwhite visitors. Director Rand Suffolk tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro how they did it.

Workers pull pipes from an oil well in 2016 near Crescent, Okla. The oil industry wants to attract a new, more diverse generation of workers, but a history of racism and sexism makes that difficult.

Big Oil Has A Diversity Problem

7:50am November 05, 2017

by Jeff Brady

The business wants to attract more women and minorities, but a history of racism and sexism makes that difficult.

Plates of blood clams are on display at a stand in one of Jakarta's outdoor food courts.

World News

Indonesian Food Blogger: The Unifying Power Of Cuisine And Social Media

5:12pm November 03, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

The diverse Southeast Asian country has more than 17,000 islands, a median age of 29 and an expansive fare influenced by many cultures. And the tech-savvy population is reaching out to the world.

Education

'Diversity Gap' Between Teachers, Students Is High In Much Of North Carolina

4:37pm October 25, 2017

by Sean Bueter

A new analysis from the Brookings Institution shows

Harvey Mudd College students Ellen Seidel and Christine Chen work on a summer research project in computer science.

Colleges Have Increased Women Computer Science Majors: What Can Google Learn?

11:28am August 11, 2017

by Laura Sydell

About half of Harvey Mudd College computer science graduates are women, up sharply in the past decade. It and other schools found success by adjusting their curriculums and making other changes.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address of the Google I/O conference, in May.

Google Cancels Town Hall After Employee's Controversial Diversity Memo

9:06pm August 10, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The meeting had been called to discuss fallout from the memo written by a senior software engineer who complained that "biological causes" explained why women were underrepresented at the tech giant.

Google executives say their company is committed to inclusion, after an engineer's criticisms of its diversity efforts sparked conversations outside the company this weekend.

National

Google Grapples With Fallout After Employee Slams Diversity Efforts

11:49am August 07, 2017

by Bill Chappell

In a 3,300-word document that has been shared across Google's internal networks, an engineer at the company said "biological causes" are part of the reason women aren't represented equally.

National

Census Finds A More Diverse America, As Whites Lag Growth

9:25am June 22, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Asian and mixed-race people are the two fastest-growing segments of the U.S. population, the U.S. Census Bureau says. Non-Hispanic whites are the only group to see deaths outpace births.

Du Yun, winner of the 2017 Pulitzer for music, considers the issues of diversity in classical music.

Music & Culture

Looking For Women's Music At The Symphony? Good Luck!

4:16pm May 05, 2017

by Tom Huizenga

Recent surveys show that less than 2 percent of music performed by American orchestras is by women composers. This year's Pulitzer Prize winner, Du Yun, speaks out on diversity in the concert hall.

Economy

HUSTLE Campaign Encourages Diversity In Entrepreneurship

8:39am April 12, 2017

by Bethany Chafin

An event Wednesday in Winston-Salem will focus on encouraging local entrepreneurship.