CMB DEI Task Force

2021-2022 CMB Task Force Events/Activities:

• 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)

•  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

•  4/2/21: Discussion of DEI Climate Survey
• 4/7/21: Headshot Photos at OGPS & Care Package Pick-Up (CMB swag, DEI books, calendar of April events and more)
• 4/13/21: Mitigating Unconscious Bias Workshop
• TBD: DEI Book Clubs (Participants will be Emailed to Schedule Meetings)
• 4/26/21: CMB 850 Seminar Speaker: Dr. Bil Clemons, Ph.D., Cal Tech - "Who's Paying the Cost of Diversity?"
• 5/10/21 Follow-Up Discussion on Climate Survey: Next Steps