The Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington is seeking 1-2 graduate research assistants to assist with multiple ongoing evaluation and research projects. The projects vary in specific focus related to broadening participation in STEM fields. CERSE conducts research, evaluation, and consulting on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM. We are a community-oriented team committed to increasing the participation of people from systemically marginalized groups in STEM education and careers. Learn more in the job announcement here and on the CERSE website.

The program is open to graduate students and sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Sea Grant College Program. It enables fellows to work for one year on congressional staff or in a federal agency, where the fellows study, implement, and even create marine policy. More than 40 agency positions and 12 congressional positions are available each year. A virtual information session will be held on Dec. 11th at 12pm (register here).

The Department of Statistics, in partnership with the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute, will be hosting a free public screening of the movie Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience in 110 Kane Hall on Thursday, February 15th from 6:00-8:30 PM. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Director George Csicsery and a reception at Kane Hall’s Walker-Ames room. Admission is free, but we ask that you RSVP at this link. See the event page here.

The film traces the evolution of a culture of Black scholars, scientists and educators in the United States. It follows the stories of prominent pioneers, showing how the challenges they faced and their triumphs are reflected in the experiences of today’s mid-career Black mathematicians.  With over 50 individuals featured, Forging Resilience is the first of two documentary films, with the second one’s release anticipated to 2025.

Join the UW Moris Women’s Center for its seminar on Thursday, Feb. 15th from 3:30-5:00 PM in the Allen Library auditorium, co-sponsored by CSDE. Seminar speakers will include nikkita oliver, Ebo Barton, Randy Ford, Akoth Ombaka, whose conversation will establish a shared understanding of the threats to gender diverse and intersex communities, along with ways that campus leaders can support them. Learn more about the event in the full story and on the event page.

Description: The world is not safe for trans and gender diverse community members. We must do everything within our power to build safer, welcoming, protective, inclusive, and gender affirming spaces for all. Trans youth and trans women are disproportionately impacted by mass incarceration. Trans youth are dying at exponential rates from death by suicide. Black trans women are living under threat of violence daily. All trans people are being denied gender affirming care and have their existence and safety legislated away (Herring and Widra, 2022; CDC, 2023; Keller, 2023).

The goal of this workshop is to support campus leaders (faculty, staff, administrators, student leaders, and students) and develop a shared understanding of the safety issues and marginalization suffered daily by gender diverse and intersex communities, especially trans women, and what we can do to support them. Join this workshop and conversation where nikkita oliver, community organizer/attorney/educator, will be in conversation with Randy Ford, Executive Director of Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, Ebo Barton, poet and Director of Housing Services at the Lavender Rights Project, and Akoth Ombaka, finance and operation professional, to share diverse insights and stories on what it means to be trans in the US.

Join the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health and the Population Health Initiative on Thursday, February 15 from 3:00-4:30pm in the Hans Rosling Center (HRC) room 101 as part of our 2023-24 speaker series on Global Mental Health. This event features a panel discussion with five experts on the mental health impacts of climate change, including CSDE Affiliate Gregory Bratman and CSDE Director Sara Curran alongside Kristie Ebi, Sherilee Harper, and Susan Clayton. The panel will be moderated by CSDE Trainee and sociology doctoral candidate, Victoria Sass. Staff, faculty, and students of all disciplines are welcome to attend this hybrid event. Reception to follow event from 4:00-4:30pm. Learn more about the event here and register at this link.

 

This opportunity supports administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to mentorship and enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences. Funds will support ongoing and future efforts.

The biomedical research enterprise includes a range of research, including basic science, behavioral and social science, and clinical research and will be described hereafter as biomedical research. Excellent mentorship and superior training are critical to developing exceptional future scientists and building a diverse scientific workforce in the U.S. However, these efforts may not always be appropriately recognized or well compensated. As such, the intent of this NOSI is to reach those individuals with limited NIH support.

Mentoring can be defined as “a professional, working alliance in which individuals work together over time to support the personal and professional growth, development, and success of the relational partners through the provision of career and psychosocial support” (NASEM, 2019). Mentorship provides psychosocial and career support, self-efficacy, and science identity; it is also culturally responsive (NASEM, 2019). To date, NIH has supported such efforts via NOT-OD-22-057 and NOT-OD-23-002.  This Notice of Special Interest aims to continue this program into Fiscal Year 2024.