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This is a group for queer-identifying students, staff, postdocs, researchers, faculty, and alumni at Scripps to connect, share resources, and be in community with each other. We host monthly informal meet-ups and plan events throughout the year.
Have you ever wondered what your advisor or committee member struggled with as a graduate student? What they struggle with now? Growing Up in Science is a conversation series that is not about science, but about becoming and being a scientist. At each event, one guest shares their life story, with a focus on struggles, failures, doubts, detours, and weaknesses.
Common topics include dealing with expectations (your own and others), impostor syndrome, procrastination, the role of luck, rejection, and conflicts with advisors, but these topics are always embedded in the speaker's…
DEEP Connections (Developing Engagement through Existing Pipeline Connections) Lecture Series explores the many intersections of diversity and science by highlighting the amazing scientific endeavors of traditionally underrepresented and marginalized scholars who are also advocates, actively engaged in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the fields of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences. Join us for an exciting and informative discussion about their work and their EDI-related efforts.
If you have any questions, please contact EDI Fellow Danielle McHaskell damchaske@ucsd.edu
This is a monthly support group for APIMEDA (Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Desi American) students, staff, postdocs, researchers, faculty and alumni at Scripps to connect and be in community. Meets the fourth Wednesday of each month
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If you have any questions, please contact EDI Fellows Danielle McHaskell dmchaske@ucsd.edu, Anai Novoa anovoa@ucsd.edu, and Ivan Moreno imoreno@ucsd.edu
As a first-generation college student, you know how to persist through uncharted territory and overcome unforeseen challenges. The qualities that led you to UC San Diego are the same qualities that will help you succeed during this time of unprecedented…
Have you ever wondered what your advisor or committee member struggled with as a graduate student? What they struggle with now? Growing Up in Science is a conversation series that is not about science, but about becoming and being a scientist. At each event, one guest shares their life story, with a focus on struggles, failures, doubts, detours, and weaknesses.
Common topics include dealing with expectations (your own and others), impostor syndrome, procrastination, the role of luck, rejection, and conflicts with advisors, but these topics are always embedded in the speaker's…
At this event, we will learn about the various queer orgs on campus, discuss a brief history of the LGBTRC, and hear from “out” UCSD speakers. Topics to be discussed include the importance of having an RC, its evolution, initiatives implemented, hopes for the future, what it means to be out in academia, and how the climate has changed over the years. Guest Speakers include: Drs. Shaun Travers, Ashley Juavinett, and Yi-Zhuang You. The intended audience for this event is queer-identifying members of the broader UCSD community. If you do not identify as queer, you are welcome to attend,…
If you have any questions, please contact EDI Fellows Julia Chavarry j4chavar@ucsd.edu and Ivan Moreno imoreno@ucsd.edu
This is a monthly support group for Multicultural students, staff, postdocs, researchers, faculty and alumni at Scripps to connect and be in community. Meets the third Friday of each month.
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If you have any questions, please contact EDI Fellows Ivan Moreno imoreno@ucsd.edu and Anai Novoa anovoa@ucsd.edu
This is a monthly support group for LatinX/Hispanic students, staff, postdocs, researchers, faculty and alumni at Scripps to connect and be in community. Meets the third Monday of each month.
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If you have any questions, please contact EDI Fellows Erica Ferrer emferrer@ucsd.edu , Carmen Lopez cal175@ucsd.edu and Julia Chavarry j4chavar@ucsd.edu
This is a support group for students, staff, postdocs, researchers, faculty and alumni at Scripps who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) to connect and be in community. Meets every other Friday.