The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) will hold its 50th annual meeting on Saturday through Monday, October 17-19, 2020 by virtual platform. Monday, October 19th is the symposium on Confronting Urgent Threats to Human Health & Society: COVID-19 and Climate Change. The symposium will open with a keynote address by Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Are you a parent struggling with your pandemic-induced dual role as caretaker and part-time teacher of your school-age child? Need a pep talk backed by research to make it through another school term with your kids? UCLA professors Daniel Diaz and Erin Powers were each humbled to find themselves struggling in these new parent-as-teacher roles, even though they are both trained educators and educators of educators.
The Graduate and Professional Schools Day is targeted to junior, senior and graduate students who contemplate further study upon their graduation from Jackson State. Over 55 graduate and professional schools in a wide range of fields will participate in the event.
The CA Forum for diversity in Graduate Education is designed to acquaint students from underrepresented groups with the career and academic opportunities associated with advanced study in a wide range of disciplines. Mark your calendar for a five-day extended experience October 12-16 with dynamic speakers, engaging workshops, professional development opportunities, graduate school preparation and informative conversations with graduate recruiters.
The largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country, the SACNAS conference is a gathering which serves to equip, empower, and energize participants for their academic and professional paths in STEM.
As global temperatures rise, climate change is causing far-reaching impacts. Communities continue to experience extreme heat waves, destructive wildfires, and devastating floods and storms. Vulnerable and low-income populations feel these impacts the most.
The UC Davis Pre-Health Conference provides community college, university, and post-bac students, as well as pre-health advisors with the information and skills necessary to succeed in the health-professions school admission process. It provides a unique opportunity for direct contact with deans of admission, admission officers, financial aid officers, faculty, and staff from a wide variety of health professional programs and other organizations.
