Digital Exhibition This exhibit is part of the gallery’s 2020-21 theme entitled Healing Bodies. Because many of our bodies whether planetary, ideological, physical, cultural or otherwise, require attention, we have invited visual and performance works that offer new ways of viewing… Continue Reading
You do not have to be an SfN member in order to participate, but you must have an SfN account in order to participate within the Neuronline Community forum. Create an account The Black Lives Matter Movement sparked a worldwide response… Continue Reading
MSP is organizing a virtual teach-in as part of the national "Scholar Strike" for racial justice. You can learn about the idea behind the Scholar Strike here. This teach-in will include presentations from faculty in several departments at UMass, and… Continue Reading
An initiative sponsored by the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) focused on promoting awareness, understanding and commitment to change academic biology environments to be more inclusive and strive for racial justice in STEM education. This 7-part… Continue Reading
Given the current climate of the country, it is increasingly important to support graduate students of color. Join us as we discuss the ways in which faculty can support students of color here at UMass. We will be sharing specific… Continue Reading
Whether conscious of it or not, instructors and students bring most of who they are to the learning environment, including their stereotypes and implicit biases. Such biases can emerge in the form of (micro)aggressions during class discussions, in student-student interactions… Continue Reading
An initiative sponsored by the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) focused on promoting awareness, understanding and commitment to change academic biology environments to be more inclusive and strive for racial justice in STEM education. This 7-part… Continue Reading
Dr. Vanessa Prosper Licensed Child and Adolescent Psychologist trained at McGill University, Boston College, and Boston’s Children’s Hospital. Dr. Prosper was an instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School before starting her private practice in Boston. Currently, she is an Adjunct… Continue Reading
Dipika Nandi, a PhD student in VASCI, is hosting a Virtual Screening of Picture A Scientist, a film by Sharon Shattuck and Ian Cheney. This film follows part of the research careers of three scientists from different STEM fields: biologist Nancy… Continue Reading
Dipika Nandi, a PhD student in VASCI, has organized a panel discussion to share views on the film Picture a Scientist, and to discuss Women in STEM more generally as a community. Dean Serio will be joining the panel, as well… Continue Reading
An initiative sponsored by the Society for the Advancement in Biology Education Research (SABER) focused on promoting awareness, understanding and commitment to change academic biology environments to be more inclusive and strive for racial justice in STEM education. This 7-part… Continue Reading