We are a committee dedicated to the advancement, support, mentorship, and professional development of women in STEM at Boston University.
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The last episode of the season has arrived! Listen in as members of the Pulmonary Social Justice Forum (@AnukulShenoy) discuss restructuring pedagogy to encourage diversity. On Buzzsprout (loom.ly/aZcAS7U) and other podcast listening platforms now! #phdpd #VitaminPhD
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Our newest episode of Vitamin PhD is now out on all platforms! Listen in as our hosts Kiloni and Khadija discuss what BIPOC "allyship" at BU looks like with guests Dr. Monica Wang and Luis D. Ramirez.
Episodes can be found here: buzzsprout.com/398803
#phdpd #VitaminPhD
ALT Image describes the new episode as Vitamin PhD as one in which Khadija and Kiloni investigate what "allyship" looks like for BIPOC at BU. Guests are Dr. Monica Wang, Associate Professor of Community Health Services and Associate Director of Narrative at the BU Center for Antiracist Research, and Luis D. Ramirez, a Neuroscience PhD Student and the President of the Underrepresented Graduate Students Organization (UGSO)
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PREVIEW: SOUND ON to hear a snippet of Vitamin PhD's upcoming episode, where Khadija and Kiloni discuss "how to make you care" about diversity and inclusion for BIPOC at BU. New episode releases next Thursday on all platforms! #phdpd #VitaminPhD
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Vitamin PhD is back! For the first episode, our previous hosts Maria Ayoub and Dr. Jenna Zajac get the scoop what our new hosts Kilone Quiles-Franco and Khadija El-Karfi have in store for the new season. Listen in here: buzzsprout.com/398803 #phdpd #VitaminPhD
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Season 4 episodes feature conversations with students, faculty and staff from across BU including @AntiracismCtr @bu_gso @BU_DEI @buwpdc @ugsoBU @PharmBU @DrMonicaWang @DJonesLab @BU_CASARI @miso_bu and more!
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The University of Maryland has honored Harriet Tubman by renaming an academic department after her. cnn.it/3by7tAA
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7/21/1998 — b. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician, diplomat, government official, and international champion of public health becomes the director general of the World Health Organization #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #WHO
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7/14/1868 — b. Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, traveler, museum administrator, author, spy. Traveled and explored in the Middle East; founder of an archaeological museum in Baghdad; served as Iraq’s Director of Antiquities #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM
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ANNOUNCEMENT: #SACNAS2020 is going virtual! Stay tuned throughout the day for more information on what this means and how we plan to make our conference great for all attendees. Together, we thrive. #SACNASvirtual
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Given the global mood that if I tweet I cannot ignore. Here is an interesting article to read and share - @Science_Council @Ri_Science @royalsociety @DrTrapezio @snezanalawrence @Tony_Mann
forbes.com/sites/startswitha…
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4/5/1949 — b. Judith Resnik, American astronaut, engineer. Electrical engineer mission specialist; the second U.S. woman in space. Perished in the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion on January 28, 1986 #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM
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This week on #hiStoriesofWiN we honor Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini. Born to a Jewish Italian family in 1909, her life was legendary. During the holocaust she set up a lab in her room. In 1952 she discovered the nerve growth factor & later received a Nobel prize for it. #WomenInSTEM
ALT Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini photo by Bernard Becker Medical Library
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The first all-woman speakers conference in Computational Biology #AdvCompBio is going on at @LaPedrera_BCN. My take home impressions of the first day: I saw the best computational biology science in this conference. #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM @Bioinfo4women. Thread 👇
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Today someone said that I shouldn’t wear makeup because “it has nothing to do with science”.
It’s basically saying that we lady scientists should check our feminity by the door. Like a pair of slippers.
I’m not alone. What’s the most sexist thing you’ve heard at work this week?
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Scientists can now observe gene transcription - the first step in the process of gene expression - in living cells in real time [Sponsored by @sloan_kettering] bit.ly/2r0T3WE
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Interested in a career in consulting? Not sure what consulting is? Learn more about this exciting career while gaining interview & professional development skills-Join TBBC’s Fall '19 Case Study Group kickoff Tuesday, 11/12/19, 5pm in J508. All are welcome tinyurl.com/tbbc19
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#OnThisDay 1910: Chemical engineer Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau was born. She helped design the first commercial penicillin production plant #WomenInSTEM
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