  Students from statistically underrepresented minority (URM) groups and women
earn a smaller fraction of undergraduate and graduate degrees in most physical
sciences, particularly physics. This underrepresentation is also prevalent at
the faculty level and in higher administration roles at most physics
departments, universities, and national laboratories. This proceedings
summarizes a presentation that presented statistics on participation in
physical sciences, and discussed the outcomes of initiatives such as Bridge
Programs which aim to improve diversity in physics graduate programs.
