Events

The following is a list of upcoming events organized by or affiliated with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for Spring 2023.

A full list of community focus groups responding to the 2022 Campus Climate Survey can be found on our website.

Fall 2023 Events

Date and Time	Name	Location	Description	Registration
August 29, 11 am-12:30 pm	Inclusive Pedagogy Session for TFs and CAs	TBD	In this session, we will critically examine how your teaching engages a diversity of students, and apply strategies for cultivating equity and belonging in learning environments. This session is intended for CA's and TFs with appointments at SEAS in Applied Math, BioE, EE, ESE, MechE, ES.
September	Latinx Heritage Month
September 18, 4 - 5:30 pm	Inclusive Pedagogy Session for TFs and CAs	Zoom (Link TBD)	In this session, we will critically examine how your teaching engages a diversity of students, and apply strategies for cultivating equity and belonging in learning environments. This session is intended for CA's and TFs with appointments at SEAS in Applied Math, BioE, EE, ESE, MechE, ES.	Zoom Registration Required (TBD)
October	LGBTQ+ History Month National Disability Awareness Month
October 11, 5:30 - 7 pm	Virtual Area Networking Event: Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering	Zoom
October 18, 5:30 - 7 pm	Virtual Area Networking Event: Applied Physics, Bioengineering, EPS	Zoom
November	Native American Heritage Month
November 2, 5:00 - 6:30 pm	Ivy Collective for Inclusivity: Launching and Pursuing Your Academic Job Search	Zoom

Past Events

Date and Time	Name	Location	Description	Registration
February 6, 5:30 pm	Campus Climate Data Walk (Student Event)	Boylston Hall, Ticknor Lounge (Cambridge)	Participants will engage in a Data Walk as we creatively engage key findings from 2022's DIB campus climate survey. Dinner will be provided.	Register
February 8, 11:30 am- 12:30 pm	Lunch Break Seminar Series : Evelyn Hu	SEC 2.122	Speakers at this series will not only share their own exciting research, but also their story about how they grew interested in pursuing science. Evelyn Hu is the Torr-Coyne Professor of Applied Sciences and Electrical Engineering at SEAS and a co-director of the Harvard Quantum Initiative. Her research involves the study of nanoscale photonic devices demonstrating exceptional efficiencies, which hold promise for new quantum information technologies. Lunch from Dumpling House will be provided to the first 25 registrants.	Lunch will be provided for first 25 registrants.
February 17, 11:30 am-12:30 pm	SEAS Affinity Group Luncheon	SEC 6.301 & 6.302	The purpose of this luncheon is to create a space for students leaders to meet the leaders of other student clubs on campus and to meet the team from the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. This will be an opportunity to learn how the DIB Office can support each club's members and events, as well as a chance to form relationships with other student leaders for the purpose of cross-club collaboration on future events.	Register
[POSTPONED from Feb. 17, New Date TBD]	Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Facilitated Conversation		Participants will explore ethical dilemmas raised by the legacy of slavery at Harvard and reflect on the University’s and on their own roles and responsibilities in teaching or learning about this legacy.
March 2, 6-8 pm	SEAS Graduate School Open House, Pre-Event Dinner	Closed Event
March 3, 9-11 am	SEAS Graduate School Open House, DIB Presentation	Closed Event
March 3, 3:30-4:30 pm	SEAS Graduate School Open House, DIB Office Hours	Maxwell-Dworkin 133 SEC 1.304	Want to know more about Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at SEAS? Stop by to meet the DIB Office in either Maxwell-Dworkin (Cambridge) or the SEC (Allston).	N/A
March 6	DIB Student Fellows Application Period Opens		Information about the DIB Fellows position can be found on our website.	Apply here.
March 8, 11-12:30pm	Lunch Break Seminar Series: Markita Landry	SEC 4.307 & SEC 4.308	Speakers at this series will not only share their own exciting research, but also their story about how they grew interested in pursuing science. Markita Landry is an associate professor in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UC Berkeley. She received her PhD in Chemical Physics and a certificate in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and completed a NSF postdoctoral fellowship in Chemical Engineering at MIT.	Lunch will be provided from La Qchara. No registration required.
March 8, 7:30-9:00 pm	DIB Fellows Study Break	Ticknor Lounge	Drop in and join our DIB Fellows for light refreshments and games before Spring Break!	N/A
March 22, 11:00 am- 12:15 pm	Lunch Break Seminar Series: Latha Venkataraman	MD 119; MD 119 Lobby	The SEAS DIB Office is excited to announce this week's Lunch Break Seminar! Invited speakers will share their personal background in how they grew interested in pursuing science, followed by discussing exciting research being conducted in their labs. Following each seminar is a catered lunch with foods from the speaker's cuisine of choice. Dr. Latha Venkataraman from the department of Applied Physics at Columbia University. Her lab specializes in fabricating and studying single molecule circuits.	Lunch will be provided from Punjab Express. Registration not required.
March 28	DIB Student Fellows Application Period Closes
April 3-7	BRIDGE Week		BRIDGE Week Additional Details
April 3, 12:00 pm- 2:00 pm	BRIDGE Week, Alumni Panel	Maxwell-Dworkin G125	Join SEAS alumni in this panel about their experiences at Harvard and beyond. Learn from our panelists about their champions and the communities that helped them thrive. Leave with take-aways for your academic and professional careers.	RSVP
April 4, 2:30-4:30 pm	BRIDGE Week, Thesis Celebration	Maxwell-Dworkin 119	SEAS Seniors will introduce their thesis research topics and the value of thesis writing. Topics include Resources for Research and Writing; a Thesis-Hack-a-Thon; and a Group-Share-Out.	RSVP
April 5, 11:00 am- 12:30 pm	Lunch Break Seminar Series: Bogdan Dragnea	SEC 2.122	The SEAS DIB Office is excited to announce this week's Lunch Break Seminar! Invited speakers will share their personal background in how they grew interested in pursuing science, followed by discussing exciting research being conducted in their labs. Following each seminar is a catered lunch with foods from the speaker's cuisine of choice. Bogdan Dragnea earned his Diploma in Physics from University of Bucharest in 1992. A Ph.D. scholarship from the French government allowed him to join the laser-matter interactions Physics graduate program at the University of Paris at Orsay. After a postdoc in near-field optics and spectroscopy with Steve Leone at JILA in Boulder, he joined the Chemistry Department at Indiana University Bloomington, in 2001.	Lunch will be provided from Moldova. No registration required.
April 5, 6-8 pm	BRIDGE Week, Banquet Dinner	SEC 1.402	Please join us for the BRIDGE Week Banquet Dinner to celebrate the SEAS community's work in improving access and inclusion in engineering.	RSVP Required
April 6, 6-8pm	BRIDGE Week, Student Affinity Group Mixer	SEC LL2 Atrium	Celebrate the end of Bridge Week and your accomplishments this academic year with your peers. Music, food, and conversation.	RSVP
April 7, 12- 3pm	BRIDGE Week, "Coded Bias" Screening & Discussion	SEC 1.321	Released in January, 2020, Coded Bias, explores the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's discovery of racial bias in facial recognition algorithms. In this forum, Dr. Buolamwini interrogates biased algorithms, surveillance, and machine learning with DIB Fellow Chepchumba Choge and Edward Alexander.	RSVP
April 21, 3-4pm	Ph.D. Focus Group - Campus Climate Survey	Zoom	ODIB is hosting a focus group for Ph.D. students to give honest and constructive feedback on the SEAS experience as a graduate student. The focus group will be moderated by two of the DIB Fellows who are also currently enrolled as Ph.D. students.	RSVP

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