StarGayzing makes the skies more inclusive
Everyone I met was drawn in by curiosity, which is the starting point for every meaningful scientific endeavor.
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STS Lecture: Sick of it All: Care & Depathologization Activism in Trans Health – 9/12/24
Please join the College of Science and Technology Studies on Thursday, September 12th from 4:30-6:00 PM in PAC 101 for “Sick of it All: Care & Depathologization Activism in Trans Health” featuring Chris Hanssmann class of 1999.
Request for participation – Inclusion in STEM survey
Dear all, Funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry, a team of UK and US researchers are trying to understand how STEM academics and students perceive the LGBTQ+ inclusion climate in science. If you would like to help us understand this, please take this short online survey at https://www.bit.ly/stemstudy24. All responses are fully anonymous and participants of … Read more
Van Vleck Observatory Opens its Doors for Community Outreach
One of the things that I was really interested in was taking the opportunity that we have here, which is a big visible observatory in the middle of campus in the middle of a pretty large city—actually, we’re walking distance from Main Street.
Event: Stargayzing
Bring your friends and meet us under the stars at the Van Vleck Observatory on Thursday, October 12th 7-9pm
Gender-Inclusive Language Resources
Studies on and resources for creating gender-inclusive curriculums and classrooms.
LGBTQ+ chemists you should know about
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.
Advocating for the LGBTQ+ community in AI research
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
Out and Proud: celebrating LGBTQ+ chemists
This collection gives voice to LGBTQ+ members of the chemistry community and celebrates their contributions.