Apr
21
10:00 AM10:00

The 3rd Annual Diverse Perspectives Seminar Series

An in-person event featuring Professor Sherilynn Black (Duke University) on April 21st at 10AM PST

Join us in person to celebrate diversity and excellence in research as we bring together scholars from all career stages to discuss efforts to promote equity and inclusion within academia.

Dr. Black is the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement at Duke, where she provides leadership for faculty advancement and leads initiatives to increase diversity among the faculty. Alongside this work, Dr. Black’s social neuroscience research reveals the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote diversity in academia. Through a combination of neuroscience and statistical modeling, Dr. Black develops effective strategies and interventions required to broaden participation in the basic and biomedical sciences.

Jointly hosted by SURPAS and BioAIMS

Location will be announced closer to the event via email.

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Stanford HyPE: High School to PhD Event
Apr
24
9:00 AM09:00

Stanford HyPE: High School to PhD Event

The annual Stanford High School to PhD Event (HyPE) is an event that brings 75-100 underrepresented high school students from the Bay Area to learn about science, Stanford, and what it means to be a PhD student.


Stanford HyPE will be held on Saturday, April 24 from 9 am - 3:30 pm on Zoom.


As we get ready for this year’s HyPE event, we are looking for PhD student volunteers to lead small group icebreakers, host virtual lab tours, speak on a graduate student panel, and lead at-home science experiments. Time commitments vary, so you can volunteer for as much or as little time as you choose. In order to work with students under age 18, volunteers must be LiveScanned, which we will arrange for you.


Sign up to volunteer here: https://bit.ly/3bZPhC2

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Apr
14
11:00 AM11:00

Diversity Perspectives Speaker Series

We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker this year is Dr. Raychelle Burks, a nationally recognized scientific communicator and associate professor of analytical chemistry at American University. We will also host panel discussions with Stanford Graduate Students and Postdocs to share their experience of academic life. A key objective this year is to provide cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural interactions between diverse trainees to enable undergraduates, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students to share, learn about, and improve the experiences of currently underrepresented members of the academy. This is also an opportunity for undergraduate students to learn more about the process of navigating academia from peers at graduate and postgraduate career stages.


The virtual event will take place April 13th: 9:30am - 12:00pm PT / 12:30pm - 3:00pm ET and April 14th: 11:00am - 1:20pm PT / 2:00pm - 4:30pm ET, starting with the keynote and then moving into panel discussions and breakout rooms on topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion and academic life. We encourage everyone to register here by April 1st. All registrants will be invited to the Keynote webinar on April 13th, which will be opened to the wider community. In the event that we reach our participant limit for the interactive student focused sessions, registrants for those sessions will be drawn by lottery.


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Apr
13
9:30 AM09:30

Diversity Perspective Speaker Series

We are delighted to announce our keynote speaker this year is Dr. Raychelle Burks, a nationally recognized scientific communicator and associate professor of analytical chemistry at American University. We will also host panel discussions with Stanford Graduate Students and Postdocs to share their experience of academic life. A key objective this year is to provide cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural interactions between diverse trainees to enable undergraduates, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students to share, learn about, and improve the experiences of currently underrepresented members of the academy. This is also an opportunity for undergraduate students to learn more about the process of navigating academia from peers at graduate and postgraduate career stages.

The virtual event will take place April 13th: 9:30am - 12:00pm PT / 12:30pm - 3:00pm ET and April 14th: 11:00am - 1:20pm PT / 2:00pm - 4:30pm ET, starting with the keynote and then moving into panel discussions and breakout rooms on topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion and academic life. We encourage everyone to register here by April 1st. All registrants will be invited to the Keynote webinar on April 13th, which will be opened to the wider community. In the event that we reach our participant limit for the interactive student focused sessions, registrants for those sessions will be drawn by lottery.


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Career Trajectories Seminar with Professor Carolyn Bertozzi
Mar
10
1:00 PM13:00

Career Trajectories Seminar with Professor Carolyn Bertozzi

Please join us at 1pm on this Wednesday, March 10 for a seminar with Professor Carolyn Bertozzi as she speaks on how she has navigated through academia, followed by an informal Q&A and discussion.

A $8 Coupa Cafe gift card will be provided to attendees. Enjoy free coffee and stimulating conversation!

RSVP here for a Zoom link. Let us know if you have any questions!

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Off the Farm Dinner with Prof. Idoyaga
Feb
8
9:30 PM21:30

Off the Farm Dinner with Prof. Idoyaga

Do you have questions about academia? Are you looking for tips on maintaining work-life balance? Do you need some general life advice? Ask a faculty member at our Off the Farm Dinner!

Please join us for a virtual dinner with Professor Juliana Idoyaga next Friday, February 19 from 6pm to 8pm.


A $25 Grubhub gift card will be provided to attendees. Enjoy free dinner, good company, and stimulating conversation!


RSVP here by Wednesday, 2/17. Let us know if you have any questions!

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Off the Farm dinner with Prof. Paula Welander
Jan
21
6:00 PM18:00

Off the Farm dinner with Prof. Paula Welander

Do you have questions about academia? Are you looking for tips on maintaining work-life balance? Do you need some general life advice? Ask a faculty member at our Off the Farm Dinner!


Please join us for a virtual dinner with Professor Paula Welander next Thursday, January 21 from 6pm to 8pm.


A $25 Grubhub gift card will be provided to attendees. Enjoy free dinner, good company, and stimulating conversation!


RSVP here. Let us know if you have any questions!

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Inauguration Watch Party
Jan
20
8:30 AM08:30

Inauguration Watch Party

You're invited to an Inauguration Watch Party! Join SBBO, SoLID, BioAIMS & ADVANCE as we watch President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on Inauguration Day, Wed. Jan 20, 2021 at 8:30AM PST/11:30 AM EST.

Starbucks gift cards will be raffled for folks who register by noon on Jan 18th (tomorrow!).

Opening remarks are scheduled for around 8:30AM PST/11:30 EST and swearings-in at midday.
We will stream the Inauguration in Zoom and watch together as a community while staying safely apart.
You’re welcome to join for any part of the Inauguration Watch Party.

Register for the event at https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpdO6rpjguG9zZ2cuAYDhSnZMbV3raAYJK

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Grant Writing Academy - NIH Diversity Supplement Workshop
Nov
19
2:00 PM14:00

Grant Writing Academy - NIH Diversity Supplement Workshop

Through this workshop series, participants will learn to: (1) Decode the NIH DSP website for proposal prep; (2) Brainstorm the blueprint of your DSP Training Plan; and (3) Lead the Leader (your PI) through DSP grant construction and submission process.

Sign up now to join us on Thursdays November 19th, December 3rd, & December 10th from 2-3:30 pm via Zoom: https://grantwriting.stanford.edu/diversity-supplement-workshops/

Learn more: https://grantwriting.stanford.edu/diversity-supplements/

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Workshop On Improving Admissions
Nov
11
11:30 AM11:30

Workshop On Improving Admissions

BioAIMs is hosting a workshop to strategize about improving admissions across the Biosciences programs.

We will present a brief overview of suggested best practices for admissions based on our experiences. We will then facilitate small and large group discussions!

The goal of this session is to aid you in developing connections and ideas to advocate effectively within your department for more equitable admissions processes.

We invite you to actively contribute to the work being done to improve admissions across Biosciences. If you feel more comfortable just listening, we also encourage you to come.

All are welcome, no matter your previous experience or involvement in your home program’s admissions.

Join us Wednesday Nov 11th at 11:30am. Please register here:

https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqduyoqjIoG9bONqcFBZ4xNfmFthkPbY9d

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Biosciences PhD Student Town Hall
Oct
23
5:30 PM17:30

Biosciences PhD Student Town Hall

BioAIMS and SBSA have teamed up to host a Biosciences PhD Student Town Hall over a catered dinner. The goals of this event are to asses the concerns and solicit the opinions of the Biosciences community to inform the advocacy efforts that BioAIMS and SBSA will focus on for the coming year. We aim to obtain a clear summary of concerns and build a corresponding action plan to address them, both of which will be shared with the broader Biosciences community for feedback following the event.

Deans Will Talbot and Ayodele Thomas will be in attendance, and the event will be led by the BioAIMS Advocacy Co-chairs. Student involvement is crucial to improving the Biosciences experience, and we highly encourage you to attend if possible!

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Happy Hour!
Oct
18
5:00 PM17:00

Happy Hour!

Kick off the Fall quarter the right way: with a happy hour! Meet the new 1st year students and reconnect with your peers who have been stuck in lab all summer. And if you were one of those students stuck in lab all summer, come enjoy a much-deserved break!

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All Gender Bathroom Get Together
Jun
11
6:00 PM18:00

All Gender Bathroom Get Together

Are you interested in learning more about the all-gender facilities on campus or learning about the work being done to expand them? Tuesday June 11th from 6:00-8:00pm BioAIMS will be hosting a casual meetup to discuss these topics and share resources. We will meet over dinner in QSpot (Firetruck House, 2nd Floor). Hosted by BioAIMS. If you are interesting in attending, please RSVP here. If you would like to submit a topic to discuss, put it on the RSVP form as well.

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