We want everyone who is interested in graduate programs in engineering to be able to apply. We do not require the GRE, and new this year, we are waiving the graduate application fee for everyone. Check out all that UVA Engineering has to offer!
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Open Rank Faculty Positions at @UVABME Yours truly is on the search committee, so I am happy to answer any questions. Can you please share this with your networks and RT to help us spread the word?
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2 years ago, everything was going great in my mid-career lab.
Making a choice to reduce stress and prioritize my health turned out to have ripple effects - my colleagues, family, and friends are reaping the benefits, as am I.
I tell my story in @eLife
https://t.co/UmSmRCBtht
We have launched the search for new @UVABME Department Chair. Please RT + Share with colleagues poised to lead a dynamic, productive and influential department as passionate about education as we are about research. MORE: https://t.co/BEKLygx8Kd
computational work & 50% to solicit confirmation that still googling how to do things in R 20x/day is indeed normal. ? ! 😬😆
& yes I did go thru my browser history tallying the # of ⌨ "r ___" for an accurate count
#AcademicTwitter#Bioinformatics#sciencetwitter#gradschool
Been a bioinformatics intern for the past 3 mo & spend 90% of my workday in R. In that time my rate of googling how to do R things has decreased from ~35searches/day (1 every 14min !!) to maybe ~20/day.
I share this 50% to normalize seeking internet help for scientists new to
Prospective graduate school applicants, please consider applying to our graduate program @UVABME We have demystified our application and evaluation process for you. https://t.co/fhGQ9wylsE
Please attend our virtual info session on our grad program on October 26th.
Hey, here's 5 Questions with our fabulous Graduate Program Director Dr. Peirce-Cottler @PeirceLab. P.S. she's in Orlando at @BMESociety#BMES2021 - a great time and place to talk to her about @UVABME for PhD, MS or ME!
ALLYSHIP SKILLS
-be willing to learn & listen
-be willing to be uncomfortable
-be willing to act
-recognize that there is no "one way" to be an ally
-treat allyship as a journey; your contributions are meaningful regardless of how practiced you are in allyship
Happy #Pride2021 !!!
❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
There's so much you can do to honor this month:
➡️ CELEBRATE! https://t.co/QYuP8nXsrV
➡️ See the stats on LGBTQ youth mental health https://t.co/2RktUzIF1M
➡️ Brush up on your allyship skills https://t.co/MArWc2YnXV
Highlights below ⤵️
STATS ON LGBTQ YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH
-42% seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year
-suicide attempts are more common in Native, Black, LatinX, & multiracial youth than White
-transgender & nonbinary youth attempt suicide less when their pronouns are respected
Happy #PrideMonth2021! This month we are publishing a #RainbowResearch series to promote visibility of researchers from the #LGBTQ+ community
Read our launch post by @TallyYoh on bat conservation and the challenges of fieldwork for LGBTQ+ ecologists
👉https://t.co/MdGXTidPdD
Accomplishments come in so many different flavors - I felt very proud reflecting on all that I & my fellow female @UVABME grad students achieved this past year.
To all the ladies out there reading this- you deserve to feel proud of yourself, too. 🥳
#WomensHistoryMonth
Women in our graduate program have achieved amazing things this past year! During Women's History Month, @taylormarohl, @BryanaNycoleH, and I asked our members of our department to submit achievements on behalf of female graduate students, and we compiled them here.
"Equity & justice isn’t about tinkering w systems that just ended up being imbalanced, it’s about dismantling oppressive systems that are working exactly as they were designed. To achieve justice we must be open to deeply radical & transformative change."
#blacklivesstillmatter
📢My (recently learned) concerns w "DEI"
1."diversity" isn't a fix on its own
2."inclusion" is bare minimum
3."equity" is a good start, but really is just building tools so people have a chance @ success in an *unjust* world
The real goal = JUSTICE
plz take 3min to read more⤵️
"This depiction implies that broken and unjust systems are salvageable — that with a little bit of push and pull they can be “fixed” as the caption relates. This simply isn’t true."