Dr. Bil Clemons, prominent scientist and professor of Biochemistry at Caltech is this year’s Keynote Speaker at the 23rd Annual Biophysics Retreat. A more informal gathering will be held at The Resource Center Thursday morning, September 15, 2022, 10:00-11:00am.
Citing the urgent need for more effective and equitable health communication, researchers at Wesleyan University are collaborating with two other universities on a unique rapid response research endeavor.
Join us virtually September 12-15 for Power to Fly’s Diversity Reboot Series 2022 Early Career Connections & Mid-Career Pivots Summit.
The CIS Research in Science Summer Program is hosting Nii Addy this Friday at noon.
Since the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the 26th of July 1990, Disability Pride Month has been celebrated throughout July every year. In recognition of the start of Disability Pride Month 2022, Dr Keren Turton writes about her experience of ‘Scientisting with a Disability’. The loose thumb finger of my glove dropped into … Read more
BY KATIE LANGIN Interactions with work colleagues can be challenging for anyone to navigate. But they’re more difficult for some than others. “My first day of work someone … physically blocked me from getting my mail in the faculty mailroom,” a molecular biologist tweeted during the 2020 deluge of #BlackintheIvory posts. She added, “They literally said, ‘Well, … Read more
Juneteenth invites us as a nation to honor and support the legacy of enslaved and freed African Americans
To celebrate Pride Month—and to play our part in filling gaps in the historical record—C&EN has gathered this preliminary list of trailblazing LGBTQ+ chemists from history and a few we lost more recently.
I just wanted to be a scientist, not a trailblazer. But in my field, people like me are anomalies—and we face constant scrutiny for our race and gender.
Research scientist, Kevin McKee, tells how his early love of science fiction and social psychology inspired his career, and how he’s helping advance research in ‘queer fairness’, support human-AI collaboration, and study the effects of AI on the LGBTQ+ community. Read at DeepMind
