Department of Chemistry Graduate Affairs Announcements

Webinars

UCI SACNAS – Seminar Highlighting Diverse Journeys IN STEM

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SACNAS is proud to present our first Nuestra Historia (Our Story) seminar of the academic year. This seminar seeks to highlight and empower diverse journeys voices in STEM by providing a platform for professional scientists to share their journey in academia and their current career. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join! Location: SH 351 Nov. 5 2-3PM or via Zoom.

Guest Speaker Details:
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Come learn about Gabi’s personal journey, their conservation work in Africa, experience in science communication, and mentorship of underrepresented scientists as a proud Black, nonbinary scientist.
Date: Fri Nov 5 2-3pm PST
In-person: SH 351
Zoom link:  Check email

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Speaker Bio: 
Conservation Programs Officer

Gabi Fleury is a conservation technologist and author who studies ways for humans and wild carnivores to co-exist in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are passionate about intersectional conservation and conservation justice, and are fascinated by the complexity of human-wildlife interactions research. Fleury led a research team in Namibia to test ways to reduce cheetah-livestock conflict, designed a picture-only video game to teach Mozambican villagers different ways to prevent livestock losses, and will soon be testing scent deterrents to safely keep African wild dogs off commercial farms. Proud to be a Black, nonbinary scientist, they are also actively engaged in science communication and mentorship of underrepresented life scientists. They have recently received a 2020/2021 Fulbright Grant to Botswana and have been named to Forbes Magazine’s 2021 30 Under 30 in Science.

Demystifying Mental Health Support Webinar

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This webinar is hosted by the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society, the American Society for Cell Biology, and the Professional Development Hub, which are all committed to the professional development of early-career scientists. Learn when to use small steps to address these challenges yourself and when you may need professional help. On-campus and off-campus mental resources, as well as strategies for accessing care, will be discussed.

Join us May 12 at 1:00 PM ET for Demystifying Mental Health Support – a complimentary interactive webinar outlining common mental health challenges of STEMM graduate students and providing strategies for managing them.