BBS Diversity Overview
July 19, 2022- 00:00See. My name is Anton Bennett.
- 00:03I'm professor in the Department of
- 00:05Pharmacology and I'm director of
- 00:07Minority affairs for the Yale Program
- 00:09in Biological and Biomedical Sciences,
- 00:11the BBS program.
- 00:13The BBS program is committed to
- 00:16maintaining a diverse student environment.
- 00:18In order to accomplish this,
- 00:20we provide a variety of
- 00:22initiatives and resources,
- 00:23and I would like to tell you about them.
- 00:25In this short video.
- 00:27Our goal is to encourage and foster
- 00:30a culture where students from all
- 00:32ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds
- 00:34can interact and collaborate with
- 00:36Yale faculty in order to solve the
- 00:38most challenging scientific problems.
- 00:42We firmly believe that our diverse
- 00:45student body is conducive to
- 00:47enhancing your scientific training
- 00:49and educational experience.
- 00:51A diverse student body results
- 00:53in greater innovation,
- 00:55creativity,
- 00:55and discovery which culminates in
- 00:59higher quality scientific research.
- 01:01This is becoming ever more important
- 01:04in today's highly collaborative
- 01:05and team driven scientific arena.
- 01:10We are committed to our diverse student
- 01:12body and we accomplish this through
- 01:15our outstanding faculty mentors,
- 01:17events and seminars tailored
- 01:19to our diverse student body.
- 01:22These resources are provided
- 01:24throughout your graduate career.
- 01:26We also have student LED,
- 01:28peer-to-peer diversity initiatives.
- 01:32The BBS program works with the Office
- 01:35for Graduate Student Development
- 01:36and Diversity to coordinate a
- 01:39number of events and workshops.
- 01:41If you get an offer,
- 01:43the office for Graduate Student Development
- 01:45and Nine Diversity hosts the second look.
- 01:47Diversity days.
- 01:50The Office for Graduate Student
- 01:53Development and Diversity also
- 01:55hosts the transitions program.
- 01:57This program provides support for the
- 02:00early transition to Graduate School.
- 02:02It does so by providing a diversity
- 02:05orientation day that addresses
- 02:07topics such as imposter syndrome,
- 02:09navigating the PhD and finances.
- 02:14You'd also discusses issues
- 02:15such as student mentorship,
- 02:16support,
- 02:17and provides academic and
- 02:19professional development workshops.
- 02:24We provide support for our LGBTQ
- 02:27communities through Ostem are
- 02:29out in science, technology,
- 02:31and engineering and mathematics group.
- 02:35There are also a number of
- 02:37cultural centers such as the
- 02:39Afro American Cultural Center,
- 02:41Asian American Cultural Center,
- 02:43Latino Cultural Center,
- 02:45Native American Cultural centers,
- 02:46as well as many others.
- 02:51I'd just like to tell you about a new
- 02:54initiative at the Yale BBS program.
- 02:56We call it the Yale BBS,
- 02:58diversity and Inclusion collective.
- 03:00It is a student LED platform uniquely
- 03:03designed for the Yale BBS program.
- 03:06The collective promotes inclusivity
- 03:09and supports underrepresented
- 03:11students in the LBBS program.
- 03:14The collective impellers and strengthens
- 03:16the BBS graduate student community
- 03:19throughout the length of their PhD careers,
- 03:21and we achieve this through a student driven
- 03:25model with programs and initiatives to
- 03:28support underrepresented groups of students.
- 03:31YB DIC has three branches,
- 03:33student engagement,
- 03:35student empowerment and student enhancement,
- 03:39and you can find a branch that meets
- 03:41your needs as well as participate
- 03:43in the running of the branches.
- 03:46There are opportunities for all students to
- 03:49get involved in local outreach initiatives
- 03:51in and around the New Haven area.
- 03:54There is also the Yale Saknis chapter,
- 03:56which hosts a number of
- 03:59events throughout the year.
- 04:00Both the Yale sadness Chapter and YB DIC
- 04:03offer the opportunity to participate
- 04:05in attending national recruitment
- 04:08conferences such as Abrahams and Sadness.
- 04:13Finally, there are resources for
- 04:16students with disabilities and
- 04:18our goal is to provide a full
- 04:21experience for all of our students.
- 04:24These are a few of the diversity
- 04:27related programs and resources
- 04:29that we offer in the BBS program.
- 04:32If you have any questions about the
- 04:34programs that I have mentioned or
- 04:36if you have any other questions,
- 04:38please feel free to either
- 04:40contact myself or Russell Smith.
- 04:43Thank you for listening.