ODEI Spotlight: Natives at Penn Virtual Powwow Experience

Natives At Penn (NAP) has pulled together a small program with a few local singers and dancers for a virtual pow wow experience, including some helpful education.  Come and listen to some live singing AND dance if you feel the urge. (: You must register to get the Zoom link : http://bit.ly/NAPpowwow2021

ODEI Spotlight: Self-Care Sunday from CAPS x USABE

CAPS x USABE: Self-Care Sunday Date: Sunday, March 28th Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM EST Want to enjoy a relaxing afternoon of self-care and wellness activities? Join USABE on Sunday, March 28th for a joint student-faculty wellness workshop! During this session led by a CAPS expert, students and faculty will engage in interactive activities related […]

ODEI Spotlight: Cultivating Equity-Focused Institutional Change in University STEM Departments

Discipline-based education research has made great strides in understanding how to foster more equitable and effective teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). However, there still has yet to be widespread adoption of reforms in university STEM departments. Our project seeks to understand how departments can implement sustainable, large-scale changes to undergraduate education. While these […]

CIS Diversity Summit

https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752

Help make CIS a supportive and welcoming environment. All students, faculty, staff and postdocs are invited. Summit themes include increasing community in CIS; peer collaboration; how faculty can help; how to respond to microaggressions and implicit bias--both victims and bystanders; the value of a diverse TA force; productive TA-Student interaction. Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95364173714?pwd=L1lnZmVXWlEyekFLSVg3OTM2bTEwdz09

ODEI Spotlight: CHOP Diversity Symposium, Striving for Equity in STEM

“Gaslighting in the Academy: Actually Making Black Lives Matter” Manu Platt, PhD Professor, Biomedical Engineering Georgia Tech and Emory University Date: April 13, 2021 Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am BlueJeans Link: https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/kaqbajsb In honor of Diversity Month, we are pleased to host the first annual CHOP Diversity Symposium. This is a time for us to […]

ODEI Spotlight: Race, Solidarity, and Allyship

Moderated by: Malik Muhammad Assoc. Director - LGBT Center Panelists: Dr. Valerie Dorsey Allen Director - African American Resource Center Elizabeth Cannon Co-Founder - White Educators Committed to Anti-Racism & Equity   Zoom ID: 970 2429 7938

ODEI Spotlight: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People

The purpose of the seminar, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, is to reveal the surprising and even perplexing ways in which we make errors in assessing and evaluating others when we recruit and hire, onboard and promote, lead teams, undertake succession planning, and work on behalf of our clients or the public we serve. […]

ODEI Town Hall Discussion of the Chauvin Trial Verdict

This past week a jury in Minneapolis rendered its verdict in the trail of Derek Chauvin. While this verdict cannot undo the trauma that George Floyd’s family and the entire country experienced, it is one step towards building a society where justice and accountability are guaranteed for all citizens. In order to support the Penn […]