{"id":20594,"date":"2019-10-24T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/diversity\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T15:45:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T20:45:33","slug":"diversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/chemistry\/community\/diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe promotion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a key goal and we believe integral to our long-term success as a department. We have continued important initiatives and created new ones in order to promote these goals. These include,  the group for listening about inclusiveness, diversity and equity (BU-CHE-GLIDE), BU Women in Chemistry (BUWIC) and initiatives in recruiting faculty, graduate students and mentoring undergraduates with diverse backgrounds.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Departmental Groups and Initiatives<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/reu-chemistry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/buwic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston University Women in Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>BU-CHE-GLIDE<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nWe have founded a new graduate-student-focused <strong>group for listening about inclusiveness, diversity and equity (BU-CHE-GLIDE)<\/strong>. GLIDE serves as graduate student-directed space for listening, planning and programming for the entire department, in order to promote the values of inclusiveness, diversity and equity. Since the summer 2020, the group has met monthly to engage in work such as: evaluating the representation of departmental values upon our soon-to-be updated website; generate and evaluate a departmental climate survey instrument to assess areas of improvement on DEI matters; and to monthly events centered around issues of inclusion. Two successful monthly events have been held. In January GLIDE sponsored a virtual watch-party of the documentary Picture a Scientist followed by breakout sessions for students to discuss among themselves and a then a gathering together with faculty. The February activity was a viewing of the movie and discussion of the book \u201cThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks\u201d in a gathering of staff, graduate students, post-docs and faculty in Chemistry. The success of the GLIDE initiative may be attributed to the self-guided nature of the group. The fact that the group is student-driven gives the group true agency and the engagement of members from the whole department in the programs builds community.\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p><!--\n\n<li>**NEEDS TO BE UPDATED** UNDERGRADUATE DISCUSSION GROUPS?<\/li>\n\n-->\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Anti-Racism Resources<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.bu.edu\/buniverse\/interface\/embed\/embed.html?v=ZI3yt0\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/08\/24\/905515398\/not-racist-is-not-enough-putting-in-the-work-to-be-anti-racist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Not Racist&#8217; Is Not Enough: Putting In The Work To Be Anti-Racist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acsami.0c10979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Confronting Racism in Chemistry Journals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.1021\/acscentsci.0c01533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Model for Crafting Diversity, Inclusion, Respect, and Equity (DIRE) Policy Statements Toward Catalyzing Organizational Change<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">LGBTQ+ Resources<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ostem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OSTEM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsc.org\/new-perspectives\/talent\/inclusion-and-diversity\/resources\/lgbt-toolkit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RCS LGBT+ Toolkit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/acsprof.org\/subdivisions\/gay-and-transgender-chemists-and-allies-gtca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gay and Transgender Chemists and Allies (GTCA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/voices-of-bu\/lgbtqia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Diversity and Inclusion: LGBTQIA+ Voices<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Under-Represented Minorities in Chemistry<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<!--\n\n<li>**ADD GLIDE INFO HERE**<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n<li>**ADD UNDERGRAD DISCUSSION INFO HERE**<\/li>\n\n--><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbmb.org\/diversity\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASBMB Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.org\/content\/acs\/en\/about\/governance\/committees\/minority-affairs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACS Committee on Minority Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/diversity\/voices-of-bu\/faculty-of-color\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BU Diversity and Inclusion: Faculty of Color<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<br \/>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Women In Chemistry<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/buwic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston University Women in Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rsc.org\/new-perspectives\/talent\/breaking-the-barriers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSC Breaking the barriers: Women&#8217;s retention and progression in the chemical sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asbmb.org\/diversity\/women-in-bmb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ASBMB: Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/full\/10.1021\/acs.orglett.0c00352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Celebrating Women in Organic Chemistry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/acswcc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACS Women Chemists Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The promotion of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a key goal and we believe integral to our long-term success as a department. We have continued important initiatives and created new ones in order to promote these goals. 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