CMB DEI Task Force

Events & Initiatives

CMB DEI Month and 50th Anniversary Events

2022-2023 CMB Task Force Events:

 

2021-2022 CMB Task Force Events:

  • CMB 850 - DEI Speaker - 11/08/21 DEI Talk Dr. Okanlami
  • November 2021 - Community Networking Meetings
  • Fall 2021 - "Race Talks" Curriculum
  • January 2022 - Practice Prelim Exams
  • Winter 2022 - Funding for UMYSci Youth Outreach Program
  • Spring 2022 - Peer Mentoring Circles 
  • Fall 2021 and Winter 2022 - Student-Faculty Chats

 APRIL - DEI Month:

  • Fri. 4/1/22: Professional Headshots - BSRB Lobby (3-6 pm)
  • Mon. 4/4/22: DEI workshop and Introduction to Intercultural Development Inventory - Med Sci I, M3330 (12-1 pm, CMB 850)
  • Fri 4/15/22: Therapaws (Therapy Dogs) – OGPS Lounge (3-5 pm)
  • Fri 4/22/22: IDI Workshop – Med Sci I (M5330) – 12-1 pm
  • Mon 4/25/22: DEI Speaker - Dr. Gustavo Silva, Duke University (Med Sci I, M3330) – 12:00 - 1:15 pm seminar; 1:30 - 2:00 pm discussion/lunch (OGPS Lounge), "Exploring Mechanisms to Cope with Cellular (and Societal) Stress"

 CMB 50th Anniversary (5/19 - 5/21)

  • Thurs 5/19/22: CMB Town Hall (Transparency Meeting) (10-11 am, Kensington Hotel/Hybrid)
  • Thurs 5/19/22: Student/Faculty “Get to Know You” event (4:30-5:30 pm, Kensington Hotel)

 

 2020-2021 CMB Task Force Events:

  • 9/21/20 - CMB 850 Seminar Speakers: Dr. Jamie Amemiya, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Mortensen "Diversity in Science"
  • 11/21/20 - CMB Fall 2020 Retreat Keynote by Dr. Sean Valles, Michigan State Univ. (Jessica Schwartz Lecture) -"The Structural Obstacles to Equitable Health in the U.S., and the Many Types of Expertise It Will Take to Overcome Them"
  • Winter 2021 - CMB DEI Climate Survey

 APRIL - DEI MONTH