IN THE NEWS - 2019

A $3 Million Gift to Expand STEM Talent

By: Emily Esposito Fulkerson

May 13, 2019 - Amazon's $3 million donation to Seattle University expands opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities in computer science.  This gift supports the school's commitment to increase access to computer science and STEM education. Women comprise half the members of the leadership team in the College of Science and Engineering, 41 percent of the college's full-time faculty, and 44 percent of its students. Read full article here.

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UB op-ed: 4 Ways to Take the Lead on Diversity

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April 30, 2019 - Breaking with their 156-year history, members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) today voted overwhelmingly in favor of amending the elite organization’s bylaws to allow ejection of members who breach the group’s new Code of Conduct, which outlines offenses including sexual harassment. Historically, membership in NAS has been an honor conferred for life.

Marcia McNutt, president of NAS, noted “the importance of the signal that [today’s vote] sends. And I’m grateful for the many members who showed support for it.”

The vote, which would allow ejection of a member for a range of offenses against the code of conduct, including bullying, discrimination, and fabrication of research, marked the culmination of months of groundwork by McNutt and NAS’s council. They were spurred by a wave of #MeToo-era revelations of sexual harassment by scientists, including NAS members, as well as by a landmark report that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued last year that documented widespread sexual harassment in science, engineering, and medicine. Read the full article here.

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 Trusted CI: The NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

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