UChicago Biosciences pilots diversity, equity and inclusion assistantships
Dean for Graduate Affairs, Dr. Victoria Prince, explains the BSD pilot diversity, equity & inclusion assistantships:
Inaugural BDC DEI Legacy Awards for graduate students and postdocs announced
The inaugural winners of the BSD Diversity Committee (BDC) Trainee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Legacy Awards have been announced. The Legacy Awardees for 2021 Trainee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards are graduate students Cody Hernandez, Elaine Kouame, Mat Perez-Neut, Christina Roman,...
Postdoc Katelyn Mika receives new BDC DEI Award
The inaugural winner of the Annual BSD Diversity Committee (BDC) Postdoctoral Researcher Diversity, Equity and Inclusion award has been announced. Postdoctoral Researcher Katelyn Mika, Human Genetics PhD 2018, who works jointly with...
Four students receive new BDC Trainee Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
The inaugural winners of the Annual BSD Diversity Committee (BDC) Trainee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awards have been announced. The graduate student awardees for 2020-21 are Cody Hernandez (Cell and Molecular Biology),...
Silas Busch Awarded Wayne C. Booth Prize
Silas Busch, Advisor Christian R. Hansel in Neurobiology, has been named a 2021 winner of the Wayne C. Booth Prize for Excellence in Teaching, awarded annually to...
Mat Perez-Neut Awarded DAB Diversity Award
Mat Perez-Neut, Advisor Yingming Zhao in Cancer Biology, has been awarded the UChicagoGRAD Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) 2021 Diversity Award. The intention of the Diversity...
Santiago Acero-Bedoya Awarded DAB Diversity Award
Santiago Acero-Bedoya, Advisor Thomas F. Gajewski in Cancer Biology, has been awarded the UChicagoGRAD Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) 2021 Diversity Award. The intention of...
John H.R. Maunsell Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Professor John H.R. Maunsell, Neurobiology and Computational Neuroscience, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, joining other scientists and researchers chosen in "recognition of their...
First annual BSD Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) retreat
On April 23, the BSD held its first annual Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) retreat. Organized by a committee of students and post-docs, the virtual retreat was attended by over 200 BSD faculty, staff and students, and featured a keynote interview with Valerie Jarrett, former...