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Princeton’s aspirations for a more diverse, equitable and inclusive campus community cannot succeed without the active participation of academic departments, programs, centers and institutes. Academic excellence and diversity are inextricably linked. A new website specifically designed for Princeton’s academic units has been launched. Academic Inclusion showcases many of the initiatives being implemented by University departments and provides DEI best practices for teaching, research and service. https://academicinclusion.princeton.edu/
New Indigenous initiatives ushered in at Princeton
A land acknowledgment marker and memorial garden, an Indigenous student affinity space, and a fall seminar series welcoming leading Indigenous scholars, artists and activists to campus are among several new programs and initiatives at Princeton University honoring and acknowledging local and international Indigenous communities.
New Princeton Dean for Research initiatives aim to broaden inclusion in research, innovation and entrepreneurship
A new innovation fund to enable research collaborations with faculty at minority-serving institutions, a distinguished lecture series focused on research and mentorship opportunities, and an initiative to build inclusive participation in innovation and entrepreneurship are the three cornerstones of Princeton’s Office of the Dean for Research inclusion and equity action plan.
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NEWS ITEMS
Princeton’s Empower 2021 conference looks to increase opportunities for Black entrepreneurs from throughout academia
This year’s Empower 2021 is the first in a series of events that will focus on the hurdles faced by academic entrepreneurs from historically underrepresented groups. During the event, Princeton announced three new initiatives that the Office of the Dean for Research has designed to expand participation and leadership by groups historically underrepresented in research, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Twelve scholars named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows with aim to enhance diversity in academia
Twelve scholars spanning engineering and the sciences, social sciences and humanities have been named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows at Princeton. The program is intended to recognize and support scholars who can contribute to the University’s diversity, broadly defined, including groups that have been historically and are presently underrepresented in the academy or in certain disciplines. The Faculty Advisory Committee on Diversity reviewed the nominations and selected the awardees.
Princeton’s Syukuro Manabe receives Nobel Prize in physics
Princeton University senior meteorologist Syukuro “Suki” Manabe has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in physics “for the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming.”
Historian and writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor awarded a MacArthur Fellowship
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American studies at Princeton University, has been awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship. Taylor is among 25 scientists, artists and scholars across the country who each will receive $625,000 in unrestricted grants over a five-year period from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Fellowships are awarded annually to talented individuals in a variety of fields who have shown extraordinary originality in and dedication to their creative pursuits.
Designer and inventor Darell Fields and physicist Clifford Johnson named Presidential Visiting Scholars at Princeton
Darell Fields, a designer and inventor, and physicist Clifford Johnson have been named Presidential Visiting Scholars at Princeton University for the 2021-22 academic year. The visiting scholars program, which was established in fall 2019 and welcomed the first scholar in fall 2020, is intended to support visitors from academic or professional fields who can contribute to the University’s diversity, broadly defined.
Albert Raboteau, a ‘towering figure’ in African American religious history and a ‘gentle giant in the life of the mind and spirit,’ dies at 78
Albert Raboteau Jr., the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion, Emeritus, died peacefully at home in Princeton on Sept. 18 following a years-long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was 78. During his 30-year tenure at Princeton, Raboteau was a beloved teacher, advisor and mentor to many undergraduate and graduate students, some of whom would later become his colleagues.
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EVENTS
PRINCETON EVENTS
Reimagining Technology Fall Series: Book Roundtable, "Technovernacular Creativity & Innovation" by Nettrice Gaskins
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
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The growing maker movement in education has become an integral part of both STEM and STEAM learning, tapping into the natural DIY inclinations of creative people as well as the educational power of inventing or making things. And yet African American, Latino/a American, and Indigenous people are underrepresented in maker culture and education. In this book, Nettrice Gaskins proposes a novel approach to STEAM learning that engages students from historically marginalized communities in culturally relevant and inclusive maker education. Techno-vernacular creativity (TVC) connects technical literacy, equity, and culture, encompassing creative innovations produced by ethnic groups that are often overlooked. Join us for a roundtable on Nettrice Gaskins’ new book, Technovernacular Creativity and Innovation (MIT Press 2021) with panelists Amelia Winger-Bearskin (Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida) Ayodamola Okunseinde (Interaction and Media Design, The New School / Parsons School of Design), and Stephanie Dinkins (Staller Center for the Arts, Stoney Brook University), moderated by Ruha Benjamin.
Leveraging The Rise of Centralized Choice and Assignment Mechanisms to Improve Education Markets in Developing Countries
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 - 5:00 to 6:30 pm
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Christopher Neilson is an applied microeconomist whose research focuses on the study of education markets and policies that promote equitable opportunities for human capital accumulation. Government platforms that coordinate and organize education systems also provide the regulator the opportunity to implement new innovations that can help apply existing policies. He will present evidence that these platforms can also be instrumentalized to serve as a medium to provide valuable personalized information to support individuals' choices and potentially lead to more equitable opportunities in education systems in developing countries with otherwise weaker institutions.
Art Hx | A Conversation with the Curators of Designing Motherhood
Monday, October 25, 2021 - 4:30 to 6:00 pm
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What do the pregnancy test, the pessary, the at-home abortion kit, the state of family leave, midwifery care, and postpartum practices have in common, and why do designs that matter so much often go so unremarked? The designed objects and systems that surround us when it comes to menstruation, birth control, (contra)conception, pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum vary as oddly, messily, and dramatically as the stereotypes suggest. Designing Motherhood unfolds the compelling design histories and real-world uses of the designs that shape our reproductive experiences.
Artful (Re)working: Pictures of Labor in Eighteenth-Century Japan
Thursday, October 28, 2021 - 4:30 to 6:00 pm
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From tilling and planting to food preparation, shop-tending, and drawing water, representations of physical labor have a long history of depiction within East Asian art. The reasons behind their appearance are familiar: they underscore ideals of a stable, prosperous realm, reiterate hopes and prayers for a good harvest, punctuate seasonal rhythms, reveal the human body at work, highlight the patron’s investments, and satisfy curiosity about the origins of things. In the eighteenth century, however, we see a global increase in pictorializations of laboring bodies, and this is equally true in Japan, where artists devised new and surprising ways of depicting work that reflected their own precarious positions in the social hierarchy. I examine social and political factors, as well as the relations between paintings and printed matter to ask how these images resituated physical work among less tangible issues of social status, gender, and access to knowledge.
Fundamentals of Equity in Graduate Admissions
Monday, November 15, 2021 - 3:30 to 5:30 pm
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This workshop presents data and research about the role of typical admissions criteria and practices in maintaining racial/ethnic inequalities in graduate education. Participants will learn how common admissions mindsets & practices tend to inhibit access for underrepresented groups, and they will be introduced to strategies to improve diversity & equity through holistic review processes. This workshop is 2 hours in length; Format is mostly lecture-based, with some discussion; Content suitable for a variety of audiences (faculty, administrators, graduate students/postdocs.
Strategies for Equity-based Holistic Review
Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 2:00 to 4:00 pm
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This is a hands-on workshop for graduate admissions committee members and department leaders. Building upon prerequisite knowledge from the Fundamentals workshop, committees will articulate and assess their current admissions and recruitment practices, learn how to develop an evaluation rubric that can be put to use, and engage in discussions that will help anticipate common challenges that may arise in shifting admissions practices. This workshop is 2 hours in length; mostly discussion-based, with some lecture. Attending "Fundamentals: Equity in Graduate Admissions Workshop" is a prerequisite for this workshop.
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Data Highlight
The gendered nature of authorship
“Women in science are more likely to experience a dispute over authorship of a paper than are men,” according to a survey in ScienceAdvances. "Our results demonstrate that women were more likely to experience authorship disagreements and experience them more often. Their contributions to research papers were more often devalued by both men and women. Women were more likely to discuss authorship with coauthors at the beginning of the project, whereas men were more likely to determine authorship unilaterally at the end," says an abstract of the paper.”
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National Research & News Highlights
A ‘Loud and Clear’ Call to Invest in Black Men
College and university leaders are taking steps to counter the sharp decline in enrollment among Black men during the pandemic.
A University Tried to Correct Its Pay Gaps. Some Professors Feel Shortchanged.
A Rutgers faculty member who learned she made $21,000 less than two peers says she’s being offered a $2,000 raise.
This College Is Asking Personal Questions — and the Answers Have Helped Boost Completion Rates
Every semester, Amarillo College asks students what they need in the way of food and shelter, among other basics.
How Social Media Is Fueling Protests Against Campus Sexual Assault
Though campus protests are nothing new, the shape they’ve taken in recent weeks reflects the growing influence of digital activism and shrinking patience for the pace of change.
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