The Second Annual STEM Inclusion Summit, sponsored by the Research for Inclusive STEM Education (RISE) Center, is open to the broader ASU community. This summit provides the opportunity for people to both present and learn about current diversity, equity and inclusion research and initiatives occurring in the sciences at ASU. Invited talks include Ira A. Fulton…
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Inclusive excellence
The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is dedicated to inclusive excellence as a core value. Find opportunities that promote inclusive excellence in STEM.
Enhancing Holistic Wellness in the Workplace, Sept. 21
Attend a special keynote event hosted by the ASU Faculty Women’s Association, or FWA, and the ASU Faculty Women of Color Caucus, or FWOCC, featuring Della Mosley, a counseling psychologist and scholar-activist whose expansive work is dedicated to creating healing spaces from racial trauma. This event is open to all ASU faculty, staff and students.
Save the date: Out in STEM regional conference at ASU, Jan. 30–31, 2024
ASU’s RISE Center will be organizing and hosting a regional Out in STEM meeting in the Arizona Ballroom on the ASU Tempe campus on Jan. 30–31, 2024.
Nominate students for the Hispanic Convocation Outstanding Students Awards by March 12
The Hispanic Convocation presents the Outstanding Student Award to select undergraduate and graduate students who are graduating each term. Students are nominated by an ASU faculty member, staff member, or community member. The nominations are reviewed by a committee and the finalists are chosen based on: Learn more and submit your nominations by 11:59 p.m….
Attend the SWING 4 SWE: Driving Women Together Golf Luncheon and Fundraising Event, March 31
Support the Society of Women Engineers at their second annual golf luncheon and fundraising event!
Exchange students hosted by ASU to support Egypt in its energy transition goals
Arizona State University is hosting 17 students from Egypt through the Center of Excellence for Energy. Funded with the support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, the center aims to support Egypt in reaching its target of 42% renewable energy by 2035.
Submit nominations for the ASU Committee for Campus Inclusion Catalyst Awards by Feb. 10
The ASU Committee for Campus Inclusion is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the CCI Catalyst Awards, honoring individuals, groups, teams, organizations/units, and programs that have catalyzed change by fostering and promoting diversity and inclusion at ASU and beyond.
Attend a special seminar on the advancement of women in STEM academics, Jan. 30
Janet Hering, a National Academy of Engineering Member and the retired director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, will discuss a comparative U.S. and European perspective on the advancement of women in STEM academics.
Attend the Black Men’s Brain Health Conference, Feb. 8–9
Alongside Super Bowl LVII, join the Black Men’s Brain Health Conference to help understand why Black men are more prone to Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other brain disorders, and increase representation of Black men in research.
Join the FSE Learning and Teaching Hub: Spring Book Study
Please join the FSE Learning and Teaching Hub for a virtual book study opportunity this semester — this time on “Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation” by Saundra Yancy McGuire. Teach Students How to Learn offers simple strategies faculty can use…
More than Money: What Capital Women Researchers Need at the New American University, October 4
The ASU Faculty Women’s Association invites you to join us for the first in a three-part series that will explore the types of capital women researchers need to be successful at the New American University.
Kenan Song earns ASU Women and Philanthropy Grant
Engineering Assistant Professor Kenan Song was awarded a $50,000 ASU Women and Philanthropy grant for a new project to design and manufacture biodegradable tissue scaffolds to cure pelvic organ prolapse in women. Song and his students in the Advanced Materials Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, or AMAML, will work with physicians at Mayo Clinic to conduct this research with the overall goal of ensuring…
New ASU researcher supporting minority group success in engineering doctoral programs
According to the National Academies, only one in seven doctorates in engineering are obtained by underrepresented groups including African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. Research shows that several factors contribute to this disparity, but there haven’t been adequate resources available to support systemic change within academic institutions. Now, a new National Science Foundation grant will help uncover how…
Diversity and Inclusion Initiative seed funding program awardees selected
The Diversity and Inclusion Initiative (DII@FSE) Task Force selected five awardees to receive funding under the DII@FSE Seed Funding Program.
Fulton Schools Diversity and Inclusion Initiative earns ASEE Diversity Recognition Program Award
Last year, in January 2019, the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering launched a new initiative focusing on diversity and inclusion — DII@FSE — intended to dedicate focus to a topic that is a core value to the Fulton Schools and ASU as exemplified in the university charter. As part of the launch, a task force of…