ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

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ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

Read more about Community Space: LGBTQ

ODIB, in partnership with the DIB Leadership Council and Harvard University Health Services, is hosting Community Spaces for Affinity Groups starting 01/12.

These spaces are part of a larger effort to support members of our community who are experiencing heightened anxiety in response to the current moment (Covid, racial injustice, world news, the political climate, etc.). All members of the Harvard community, including students, staff, faculty, postdocs, research fellows, and academic personnel, are welcome. These drop-in spaces will be hosted by affinity group. In...

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Read more about Challenging Conversations this Winter Break

Peer mentors can be a vital resource in promoting graduate student success and creating an inclusive, supportive community. Peer mentors may help new students adapt to graduate school as well as provide advice, encouragement and support at various stages during graduate training. Central to the success of peer mentoring relationships is the near-peer connection, where conversations happen naturally around topics of the shared experiences for the mentor and mentee. While similarities help...

Read more about [Peer Mentoring Training] DEIJB Approaches and Discussions in Peer Mentoring

Racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical issues that cross all aspects of neuroscience training and have tremendous implications for trainees, mentors, and the future of the field. This virtual workshop, the first in a series, will provide personal experiences on the training process and explore how institutions are approaching these areas to bring about positive change.

 

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Read more about Racial Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Neuroscience Workshop [Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders]

Institutions are becoming more proactive and intentional about their efforts to embrace principles of inclusion, equity, justice, and diversity, and as such, are seeking candidates that will support the enactment of these principles. They will request from job applicants a diversity statement that articulates how the candidate can contribute toward these efforts. In this workshop, we will discuss what, exactly, is a diversity statement, what you might include in the statement, and how it can help you reflect upon your ongoing development as a researcher, teacher, and mentor....

Read more about [PGE PDD Webinar] Crafting an Effective Diversity Statement for a Faculty Job Search (Kathy Takayama, Ph.D.)

Join the NIH OITE for a virtual bystander training program to empower trainees and other members of the research community to speak up and intervene when we witness bullying, incivility, microaggressions, and hate speech. We will address issues experienced at in research groups and specifically address the rise of microaggressions and hate speech related to the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Read more about [NIH OITE Webinar] Moving from Bystander to Upstander: Take Action to Combat Harassment and Aggression

American Indian communities in the United States have improbably survived centuries of dispossession, subjugation, endemic poverty, and coercive assimilation. The latest threat to their “survivance” is the COVID-19 epidemic. In this Virtual Radcliffe program, two Indigenous professors of medicine will consider the implications of the pandemic for lives and livelihoods in contemporary American Indian communities.

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Read more about Jocelyn Spragg Symposium: Panel Discussion of Career Paths beyond the PhD

Women in Consulting Panel
Thursday, March 21st at 6:00pm in Northwest B101

You are warmly invited to attend the 2019 Women in Consulting Panel, organized by the Harvard GSAS Consulting Club. This event will be held on Thursday, March 21st at 6:00PM at Harvard Northwest Science Building Room B101 (Cambridge). The Women in Consulting Panel aims to raise awareness for consulting as a career path and will... Read more about Women in Consulting Panel

Over the last two decades, important gains have been made in the participation of women in science, engineering, and biomedical disciplines at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the United States. More women than ever are also joining the faculty ranks in these fields and moving into leadership positions in higher education. While progress is slow, the reduction in the “gender gap” is encouraging. However, more rapid and sustained progress in closing the gender gap in science, engineering, and medicine is jeopardized by the persistence of sexual harassment and its adverse impact on...

Read more about Together We Can Do Better: A Convening of Leaders in Academia to Prevent Sexual Harassment (Webcast)