by Gary McDowell | Apr 8, 2019 | Diversity in science, Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Grassroots movements, Ideas for change, Policy, Sexual Harassment
If you follow academic discussions on Twitter, you may have caught sight of a discussion recently about grad school experiences prompted by Dr Kathryn Milligan-Myhre at the University of Alaska: For those of you who had/are now having a difficult time in grad...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 11, 2019 | Sexual Harassment
This post is by FoR Executive Director Dr. Gary McDowell. March 8th was International Women’s Day 2019, during which you likely heard about numerous financial and funding disparities in academia, including but not limited to: a gender pay gap in scientist...
by Gary McDowell | Feb 14, 2019 | Diversity in science, Grassroots movements, Policy, Sexual Harassment
This post is a modified and updated version of a post from January 2019. The U.S. Department of Education is reopening submission for comments on changes to Title IX (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal...
by Gary McDowell | Jan 28, 2019 | Ideas for change, Policy, Sexual Harassment
The deadline to comment on changes to Title IX (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance) has been extended to January 30th. We are urging you to contact the U.S. Department of Education and...
by Gary McDowell | Dec 13, 2018 | Diversity in science, Ideas for change, News, NIH, Policy, Sexual Harassment
Today in the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) meeting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NIH will report out the results from the Next Generation Researchers Initiative Working Group (mandated by Congress, responding to the National Academies...