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The inaugural Dr. Genna Rae McNeil Endowed Black History Month lecture will lead this year's events. Vincent Brown, the Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University, will be the keynote speaker at the lecture on Feb. 22.
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On December 9th, Amrita Nallathambi served as a Shadow A Scientist graduate student science ambassador. Amrita is currently a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and also a trainee in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program. Amrita is a member of the Kuhlman lab.
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Celebrating important contributions and achievements in science and technology made by black scientists.
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The DEI and BCBP Social committee organized a departmental-wide celebration and potluck for the Lunar New Year on January 27, 2023. There were delicious dumplings and rice noodles from Sister Liu's dumplings and sides and desserts from members
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Uriel Jean-Baptiste is a third-year Biochemistry graduate student in the Neher lab who studies a special lipase. Read more about his research and what brought him into science. Special thanks to Dalia Fleifel for this spotlight.
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Aakanksha Gundu provided an update after working in the Strahl lab as an undergraduate researcher for 2 ½ years. She offers advice for students who want to get involved in research.
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Chrystal Starbird in July was recognized by the Yale Black Postdoctoral Association, which she co-founded, and the Yale SOM Office of DEI for her leadership, mentorship, and DEI service. She received the YBPA Distinguished Service Award in DEI at a ceremony near campus. In February, she’ll be starting her own lab at UNC.
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In a three-part series, Stephani Page (alum 2015) was featured on Forbes' Twitter. Jared Council interviewed her about...
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Apps due Jan 16. Dialogue for Change (DfC) is a weekend intensive professional development program that takes participants through a concise Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) experience and provides them with concrete skills to create meaningful change in their communities. Participants will learn more about the tenets of IGD, engage in self-reflection, and develop their identity as a change-agent through interactive exercises. The UODI will offer 2 retreat opportunities, one for Carolina faculty & staff and the other for graduate & professional students.
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Join us at events in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Join an established interdisciplinary postdoctoral T32 fellowship program in basic and translational aspects of genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, pathophysiology and treatment of liver and gastrointestinal tract disorders. Program goals are to attract Ph.D., M.D. and DVM postdoctoral trainees to these fields and to provide training in state-of-the-art research techniques. Fellowships are for two years, and are funded by an NIH (NIDDK) Institutional T32 Training Grant.
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A.J. Hinton PhD of STEM Tea chats with Drs. Chrystal Starbird and Aileen Fernandez about how institutions can make meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) improvements. They talk about the needs of DEI and how this should be incorporated into the classroom from schools to undergraduate and postgraduate studies and beyond.
