4:00–6:00 pm
William Eckhardt Research Center Atrium
Attend an opening reception for the Redefining the Landscape: Women in STEM Speaker Series.
3:00–4:00 pm
William Eckhardt Research Center, Room 161
Attend a lecture and Q&A session featuring Provost Ka Yee Lee.
3:30–5:00 pm
William Eckhardt Research Center, Room 201B
Attend an updated faculty search training program offered through the Office of the Provost. Learn about resources for faculty hiring. Based on behavioral science research and best practices from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program, this training provides concrete, actionable steps to improve the faculty search process. This session will be led by the Office of the Provost, the Office of Legal Counsel, and the Office for Affirmative Action.
2:00–5:00 pm
Center for Identity + Inclusion
Safe Space educates the UChicago community on the challenges that many LGBTQIA+ students experience by developing an ally network and creating welcoming spaces.
10:00 am–12:00 pm
Museum of Science and Industry
Join the Biological Sciences Division's Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team (GRIT) on a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry to see the Black Creativity Exhibit.
5:30–8:00 pm
GCIS W301/303
Join the Biological Sciences Division's (BSD) Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team (GRIT) to hear the experiences of Dr. Marcia Tan, Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, and Dr. Jotham Austin, Research Assistant Professor and Facility Director, Advanced Electron Microscopy Facility. Learn about their journey through science and then connect with each other during the mixer.
12:30–2:30 pm
Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge, first floor classroom
Inclusion in Practice provides practical approaches to help people learn from and appreciate each other’s differences.
10:00–11:30 am
William Eckhardt Research Center, Room 201B
Attend an updated faculty search training program offered through the Office of the Provost. Learn about resources for faculty hiring. Based on behavioral science research and best practices from the National Science Foundation ADVANCE program, this training provides concrete, actionable steps to improve the faculty search process. This session will be led by the Office of the Provost, the Office of Legal Counsel, and the Office for Affirmative Action.
12:00–1:30 pm
KCBD 1103
All Black and African American-identifying graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Biological Sciences Division (BSD), Physical Sciences Division, and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering are invited to attend this lunch sponsored by the BSD’s Graduate Recruitment Initiative Team (GRIT).
12:00–1:00 pm
William Eckhardt Research Center, room 401
Join the Physical Sciences Division for a discussion with Dr. Louis Hilton, Educational Consultant with Education for Liberation and Empowerment (ELE).