As you know (or have easily discovered),  I have a passion for increasing the diversity of people in the sciences.  Here is a recent article from Nature Medicine describing the importance of diversity in the sciences, and some ideas of how to go about developing it.

http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v13/n5/full/nm0507-513.html

“If American science is to meet the needs of all of its citizens, its scientists must reflect the diversity of the country’s population.”