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Olivia A Graeve1, Jorge A Arróyave García de la Cadena1, Aranza S Martínez López1
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive-MC 0411, La Jolla, California 92093-0411, United States.
Abstract:
Our ENLACE binational summer research program was established with the aim of encouraging the participation of high school and college students in research in the sciences and engineering, while promoting cross-border friendships between the United States and Mexico. The program unites students around science and engineering questions and concurrently engages them in a rich curriculum that promotes understanding of broader societal issues of equity, inclusion, tolerance, and social justice. Because we built our program around hope and cooperation, it is our aspiration and promise that walls and borders-all kinds of walls and borders-can be eradicated through kindness, compassion, and respect for others. ENLACE is not just a program we organize every summer, it is also a program that defines who we are as people and the kind of contribution we want to make in the world.
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