The Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence conference, Empowering Diverse STEM Innovators, was held virtually, October 22-24, 2021.
The virtual conference offered students, faculty mentors, educational researchers, and program administrators a platform to exchange knowledge and to cultivate a community of practitioners
and scholars in the area of broadening the participation of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).