Category Archives: Diversity in STEM

Genome Hackers – a near-peer, interdisciplinary summer program for high school girls

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Cindy Yeh, Graduate Student, (Dunham Lab, Genome Sciences), University of Washington Only 26% of the computing professional workforce is made of women, less than 10% of whom are women of color (ncwit.org). This is in contrast to the gender … Continue reading →

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Ecology/Evolution Scientific Symposium at the SACNAS National Conference

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Joel Slade

The Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB) and BEACON have collaborated to organize a scientific symposium at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) national conference in San Antonio, Texas, on October 11th, 2018 (10:30AM-12:00PM, … Continue reading →

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