Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Celebrate Juneteenth with Community, Education, and Ocean Vibes!

We’re excited to share the 5th Annual Juneteenth BBQ hosted by Paddle for Peace, proudly co-sponsored by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Birch Aquarium. This is a free, family-friendly community event. Everyone is welcome!

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Juneteenth, also known as “Freedom Day,” “Emancipation Day” or “Jubilee,” is a commemorative holiday celebrated on June 19 to mark the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. 

In honor of this holiday, Scripps Oceanography is proudly sponsoring the upcoming Juneteenth and Father’s Day Community Celebration hosted by Paddle for Peace, an organization focused on diversifying…

Please join us for a supportive discussion and an opportunity to connect with other UCSD remote working moms.  Open to all UC San Diego campus Faculty and Staff mothers of any age, partnered or single.

All parents are invited to join the…

In December 2020, the Scripps community sent a "Letter on Anti-Racism." One of the demands calls for the Scripps community to quarterly "Commit to days of learning," that should "involve individual learning, community seminars and events, and discussions to help foster a more well-read, broadly informed community of leaders that are equipped to engage with current and future intersectional and global environmental issues."

For our inaugural Days of Learning, Scripps Senior Leadership, the Scripps Community Engagement Fellows, and the Scripps Graduate Student Council have come…

WMIS is in need of a new logo! Our current logo (see attached) has served its purpose, but the WMIS Leadership thinks a new logo will better reflect the amazing community that WMIS is! We are asking the WMIS & SIO community to help us design and choose a new logo. So, whip out those artistic skills of yours and submit a new logo design before May 22nd. The WMIS community will then be given the opportunity to choose their favorite logo design.

Please join us (online or in-person!) Tuesday, May 10th for a student research symposium exploring marine mammal acoustics, presented by students from the Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka, Alaska and Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, CA. The symposium will take place on the gorgeous campus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (masks required), and virtual attendees are welcome!
These students have contributed significantly to marine mammal research through an internship and technology training program, called SeaTech. In this program, high school students…

DEI Initiatives in Tech Commercialization and Entrepreneurship at Academic Institutions

Please join us for a webinar on DEI initiatives for academics and tech transfer managers focused on entrepreneurship and commercialization. You will hear from five leaders in the field discussing programs and initiatives directed at promoting inclusion and dissolving the disparities for underrepresented populations in academic innovation. We’re excited to have you hear from:
• Megan Aanstoos, Licensing and New Ventures Manager at Kentucky Commercialization Ventures, a…

Denim Day is an annual sexual assault awareness event that works to start conversations about the destructive attitudes surrounding sexual assault such as victim-blaming.
Join us for a community art project centered around healing and solidarity.  Supplies will be provided.

Hosted by the UCSD Cross-Cultural Center.

The WMIS Student Seminar Series is a low-stakes seminar where students have the freedom to talk about whatever interests them (both personally and professionally). You can volunteer to present or nominate someone here.

All students from all disciplines/programs are encouraged to present and all students, postdocs, and staff are welcome to attend.