Women In GIS: Preparing for a Female Future in GIS
My journey in GIS started 10 years ago when I needed to decide on a college major. Growing up, I had a passion for learning about the environment ...
Read MoreYale Professor Named to National Academy of Sciences
Serap Aksoy, a professor at the Yale School of Public Health, is among 120 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), one of ...
Read MoreChief Scientist on ‘glacial’ STEM diversity progress
Achieving gender parity in senior STEM leadership positions in Australia will take more than 150 years at the current pace, according to ...
Read MoreDoudna and Arnold Chat “Nobel to Nobel”
Fireside chats have become a staple of pandemic-era virtual events. The reasons are clear: they offer a glimpse into an otherwise private ...
Read MoreUniversity staff given list of banned 'microinsults' they cannot say to trans people
University lecturers have been told not to say "I wanted to be a boy when I was a child" to transgender people, under a list of "microinsults" in ...
Read MoreGeoscientists call for action on tackling racial inequality in field
An article published in the journal Nature Geoscience has highlighted the shocking under-representation of students from ethnic minority ...
Read MoreThe ivory tower of academia: Higher education lacks racial, ethnic and economic diversity
Academia has long been ridiculed as an ivory tower filled with aloof professors who pursue niche academic interests while ignoring student ...
Read MoreThe real ‘second-class citizens’ of academia
At the end of February, pre-eminent Black philosopher Cornel West revealed that Harvard University has refused to consider him for tenure, triggering ...
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