Monthly Luncheons

The MCDB DEI Committee organizes monthly lunch workshops that are open to the entire MCDB community that include:

Biology-based career panels

Panels with UM faculty and external speakers on DEI issues

Open forums discussing departmental life

Presentations that celebrate BIPOC culture and history

Bystander Awareness
Cultural Awareness Day
Science Communication Panel

Peer Mentoring

Peer Mentoring Session

The DEI Committee has also been developing an extensive peer-peer mentoring network for MCDB graduate students, faciliating open discussions on DEI topics and issues of importance to graduate students.

These topics include work/life balance, PI/mentee relationships, junior and senior Grad Gab, and many other more to come.

We hope to expand our peer mentoring practices to encompass much of the MCDB student body over the next few years.