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‘I wouldn’t be an engineer without it’: UW program supports underserved STEM students

STARS executive director Sonya Cunningham (left) and faculty director Eve Riskin. (UW Photo) A University of Washington program to support STEM students from low-income and underserved backgrounds is now nine years old. And it aims to spread the model to other institutions. The Washington State Academic RedShirt program (STARS) takes a cue from college sports,…