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Grad Student Isel Rivera Turns a Difficult Beginning into a Steady Stream of Growth

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"With help from the ACS Bridge Program, a preparatory program designed to support and mentor students from underrepresented minorities in their pursuit of graduate education, Isel Rivera, now a second-year doctoral student at Indiana University studying the interaction of nanoparticles, shares how she landed on a path to success."

Communicating with Students about Racial Violence

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Has your program effectively communicated with students about racial violence?

IGEN News Winter 2021

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Our IGEN Project Quarterly Newsletter highlights the work being done by our alliance members and partners.

Featured in this issue:

2021 IGEN National Meeting Save The Date! & program planning.
Launch of IGEN's new website
Opportunities to Learn: Equity in Graduate Education Virtual Journal Clubs
Bridge Program News

Bridging Physics Talent: Discovering lost capability, building an inclusive landscape

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Bridging Physics Talent: Discovering lost capability, building an inclusive landscape [in STEM fields through the establishment of bridge programs in higher education].

The Graduate Adviser - Monthly Advice Column

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A monthly column written by Leonard Cassuto, staff writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, who explores the ins and outs of doctoral training, with advice for both graduate students and their faculty mentors.

The Death and Life of an Admissions Algorithm

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In 2013, the University of Texas at Austin’s computer science department began using a machine-learning system called GRADE to help make decisions about who gets into its Ph.D. program -- and who doesn’t. This year, the department abandoned it.

The Science of Mentorship

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In this series from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, you’ll hear personal stories about mentorship experiences from STEMM leaders, in their own words, to help you learn how evidence-based mentorship practices can help you develop the skills to engage in the most effective mentoring relationships possible.

Progress Overview: Disciplinary Societies

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This slide, taken from IGEN's Reverse Site Visit 2020 presentation, highlights individual disciplinary society's progress made in year 2 towards project goals.

[RSV Presentation Part 2, slide 6]

US Geoscience programmes drop controversial admissions test

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A standardized exam is under fire amid claims that it perpetuates bias and exclusion.

The GENDER GAP in Academic Publishing – A Visualization

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This visualization allows one to view the past, present, and (estimated) future gender ratio of authors on academic publications listed on PubMed. The four buttons at the top allow subsetting of the data by journal, research discipline, the author's country of affiliation, and position in the author list (where 'overall' includes all authors).