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UC Berkeley College of Chemistry names chief diversity, equity officer Last Updated February 9, 2021 UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry welcomed Brice Yates as the inaugural chief diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, officer Monday. As chief, Yates will create DEI initiatives for members of the college at all levels, including faculty, staff and students, according to a campus press release. Among his first steps will be working with Anne Baranger, associate dean for diversity, equity and...

Image courtesy of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is hosting a monthly presentation on some of the latest conservation research with which it is involved titled, “Wild Science” for biologists, educators and the general public to enjoy. Christopher Middaugh, research biologist for the AGFC’s Research Division, said the seminars will enable not only the public but partner agencies and even AGFC staff across the state to learn more abo...

University of Alabama, Protective Life partner to assist underrepresented students By Zach Thomas January 10, 2021 Support from Protective Life Corporation will start the Diversity in Business Bridge Program in UAs Culverhouse College of Business. (contributed) With support from Protective Life Corporation, the University of Alabama is launching an initiative to help underrepresented students get a head start on finding their potential path to a business college experience. Support from P...

Change mentality to keep women safe UNB 23rd December, 2020 08:12:04 Speakers at a webinar have laid emphasis on changing the mentality in the society to keep women safe saying it is difficult to change the social situation only by laws and acts.   They said it important to have discussion among the men on this fact apart from the discussion among the women.   ACTIONISTS arranged the 12th episode of the webinar series with a purpose of a discussion on the various aspects of torture and violen...

Of my colleagues shoulders who had more leverage and support, but now i really look forward to it. and its the thrill to discover young people of color -- actually, any young writer, no matter what they look like, its always so exciting. but i think its more my responsibility, but part of my job i really like now. >> and one of the things thats interesting, your character in the movie, molly, she rises through the ranks of the writing room, but is brought in as a diversity hire because katherine...

Because they are going to end affirmative action in -- it will be declared unconstitutional. the university of texas has tried to foster diversity. there have been a number of lawsuits about it. justice kennedy was the swing vote saying the diversity program at the university of texas was constitutional. hes going to leave. theyre going to bring in someone who will vote like gorsuch and like clarence thomas, and there will be fewer black students at the university of texas. thats just part of wh...

Trump spent a week saying these were the laws. you didnt need to do that. all you had to do was pick up the phone and say stop the 100% enforcement. keep these families together and lets move forward. lastly, if i may say so, the democrats would love to talk to the republicans. theyre still waiting on that republican phone call,though, because the republicans are trying to do it all themselves without the dems because they know the dems are not going to stop with the diversity program. theyre no...

Are so far apart on this daca issue. republicans wanted to attach these other things. boarder security, changes to the diversity program. a solution for chain migration, all of this to accompany daca and they thought they had until march. democrats are forcing their hand to come up with something in the next few days and its not likely to happen. >> neil: there might be conservatives in the republican party that could say enough of this nonsense. whoever merits to keep the government open, there...

Which the ceo, right, could say something and isnt summarily fired from his job? can you think of any employee walking into any institution in america and saying these kind of deplorable things and not being fired? and thats why i insist that we need to continue to look at the embalance of this president. and the other day he put on a show for us. >> right. >> the other thing, joy, lets remember that these were democrats and republicans responding to him and saying, okay, were going to give you ...

Democrats and republicans responding to him and saying, okay, were going to give you -- this is what they said at the meeting, they said, were going to give you money for your wall. i hope the american public understands that they offered the president $1.8 million for the wall today. they offered the president to stop the ability of d.r.e.a.m.ers to apply for green cards for their parents. they said that today. they said, okay, were going to eliminate the diversity program. but were going to gi...