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Date & Time: Monday, July 28, 2025, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Zoom (registration required)
Intended Audience: Open Event
Speaker: Jane Burning
We’re excited to resume our Virtual Community Conversations series with a special presentation from Indigenous speaker Jane Burning.
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Date & Time: Friday, August 8 – Monday, August 11, 2025
Location: NACS Buffalo Office (1005 Grant Street, Buffalo, NY 14207)
Intended Audience: Open Event
In-Person Healing Workshop (registration required)
Facilitators: Diane Hill & Jordan Miller
Hours: Daily, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Meals Provided: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Join us for a transformative in-person healing workshop centered on cultivating the Good Mind. Space is limited, so we encourage early registration.
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These workshops were led by Dr. Anne Etgen, Professor Emerita in the Department of Neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and nationally recognized expert in recruiting and retaining diverse faculty. We encourage this resource for all Department Chairs and faculty who plan to serve on search committees. Below are descriptions of the three workshops. to view them on UB Edge.
Sponsored by: the Office of Inclusive Excellence
Presents evidence that workforce diversity is a driving force for excellence and innovation, and discusses factors that contribute to limiting diversity, including implicit or unconscious bias. Finally, describes evidence-based strategies that can overcome the bias in the faculty search process. to view on UB Edge.
Outlines strategies that facilitate the academic success, promotion and retention of faculty. Topics discussed include strong mentoring programs, faculty cluster hiring (cohort model), activities and resources to reduce isolation, increase community building and networking, and to foster career, research, and professional advancement. to view on UB Edge.
Discusses the role of departmental and institutional climate as a barrier to achieving faculty diversity. Climate comprises people’s shared perception of the quality, fairness and inclusivity of the environment in which they work. Improving departmental and institutional climate, with clear signals from leadership that diversity, equity and inclusion are core values, can enhance the work environment for all members of the academic community. to view on UB Edge.