University Day 2020
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Student Events
Standard Safe Zone Training
Zoom online meetingThe Standard Safe Zone is a four-hour training is designed to introduce concepts, terminology and resources related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. There is a short intermission about half way through. Safe Zone trainees develop: A deeper awareness of personal ideas, stereotypes, and assumptions related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and … Read more
Wellness Circle for Graduate Students
Zoom online meetingWe are experiencing a great deal of distress collectively and especially our Black communities who are having to deal with the negative health impacts of racism in our society, and its influence within institutions that serve us. We witness daily the building allostatic load of our students, staff and faculty. This is further compounded by the ongoing global COVID … Read more
BCBP Seminar: Xiaolei Su (Yale)
Host: John Sondek
2020 NIGMS Director’s Early Career Investigator Lecture, Michael D.L. Johnson PhD
online webinarMicrobes, Metals, Music, and Lessons in Disproving Your Hypothesis Event information for the 2020 NIGMS Director's Early Career Investigator Lecture Registration link for the 2020 NIGMS Director's Early Career Investigator Lecture Michael D. L. Johnson, Ph.D. (UNC BCBP Alum.) University of Arizona Assistant Professor, Department of Immunobiology Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute Assistant Professor, Valley Fever … Read more
Creating Safe and Inclusive Environments for Faculty and Students in the Biomedical Setting
online webinarWith the presence of #MeToo, Time’s Up Healthcare, and diversity and inclusion efforts broadly at member institutions, leaders in academic medicine are increasingly aware of the need to create safe and inclusive environments. Recent studies have highlighted the prevalence and profound impact of sexual and gender harassment. Institutional leaders are looking for best practices to … Read more
Carolina’s Black Trailblazers: An Intergenerational Conversation – Inclusion across Carolina’s Landscape
Zoom online meetingIn honor of our 25th anniversary, we are convening a 3-part series featuring dialogues among UNC Black alumni and students –from the 1960s-present– about a range of topics concerning the Black experience at Carolina. How have students across different generations experienced the racial climate at Carolina and what could a socially equitable campus look like? What does … Read more
BCBP Student Seminar Series (by students for students only)
Zoom online meetingWe are excited to resume our department student seminar series this semester! Details: All student seminars are scheduled on the third Thursday of each month from October to April and begin at 12:00 PM, see the following table. Seminars will also be scheduled on the Outlook Calendar app which have built-in 1-week and 1-day reminders for the seminar. … Read more
Health Care Safe Zone Training
An alternative to Safe Zone that similarly introduces concepts, terminology and resources related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. The curriculum also covers LGBTQ health disparities, health resources, and common health professional scenarios, along with a terminology primer and strategies for allyship. This training is intended to address concerns particular to Health Care professionals, though it is open to all campus and community members.
Fostering Latinx inclusion in STEM!
Zoom online meeting“Celebrando nuestra Latinidad: Fostering LatinX Inclusion in STEM”, a virtual discussion with LatinX scientists on their journeys in Academia and how to create a welcoming environment for future Latinx and URM students in STEM. This panel is hosted by the Immunology Graduate Group (IGG) Diversity Committee at Penn Medicine. Registration form for Fostering Latinx inclusion … Read more