In celebration of the United Nation’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we invite all of SNR to participate in a celebration with sweet treats from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9 on the second floor of Hardin Hall.
The international day to recognize the role women and girls play in science and technology was adopted by the United Nations in December 2015. The goal was to support and promote the access of women and girls and their participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; in training and research activities; and reducing gender bias, according to the United Nations website.
“Over the past 15 years, the global community has made a lot of effort in inspiring and engaging women and girls in science,” the UN site states. “Unfortunately, women and girls continued to be excluded from participating fully in science. According to a study conducted in 14 countries, the probability for female students of graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and doctor’s degree in science-related field are 18 percent, 8 percent and 2 percent respectively, while the percentages of male students are 37 percent, 18 percent and 6 percent.”
SNR has been committed to changing those statistics and supporting women and girls in science.
Also during the event, the SNR ad-hoc committee Natural Resources Diversity Initiative will be announced. This new committee will organize monthly events to bring resources, networking and discussion to SNR. All are invited to participate in NRDI.
The first NRDI event will be from noon to 1 p.m. March 1 in Hardin Hall and will feature Drs. Jess Corman and Sherri Jones speaking on negotiations for salary and start-up costs. The following event, from noon to 1 p.m. April 6, will feature Dr. Sarah Gervais of UNL’s Psychology Department, who will talk about research on subtle prejudice as well as objectification and sexual harassment.
To hear more about NRDI events, or to join in the discussion, join the new listserv. Go to https://listserv.unl.edu/signup-anon; type “nrdi” without the quotation marks into the “List name” box, and subscribe using your personal or work email.
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