Transform STEM

“A diversity of thought, perspective and culture is important in any field, not just engineering. Surround yourself with people who support you and get involved in programs.” Sarah Friar, CFO at Square; on her engineering background and the importance of diversity.

The 2017 Change Leader Forum is a great place to take this advice!

https://www.wepan.org/mpage/CLFHomepage

Walt Wolfram, NC State professor and executive producer of the documentary "Talking Black in America" will present the documentary and lead a discussion with Dr. Elena Benedicto tomorrow afternoon at Purdue. For those on or near campus, please join us in ME 2061 at 4:30. Professor Wolfram will also speak about language diversity and bias on Thursday afternoon at 3 pm in LWSN 1142.

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There are two campus events this week sponsored by the African American Studies and Research Center. If you're at or near Purdue, please join us Tuesday and Thursday nights.

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Yale, Princeton, UM, what other colleges communicated with students?

Princeton warns students: Don't leave the country if you're affected by Trump's travel ban Muslim international students at other colleges have been detained re-entering the country

what we and students need to know

ADC | Arab and Muslim Ban Toolkit President Donald Trump signed Executive Order (EO) Protection of the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, which essentially implements an Arab and Muslim ban. The EO also puts an immediate ban on refugees entering the United States.

To add your name, send an email to [NoToImmigrationEO@ gmail.com] through your academic email.
The subject of your email must be one line: name, award/distinction, title, affiliation
(e.g. John Doe, Nobel Laureate (Physics 1999), Professor, Harvard University).

The Petition (EO) proposing a 90-day suspension of visas and other immigration benefits to all nationals of Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Libya and Somalia. The unrealistic conditions required for discontinuing the suspension make it very likely that this EO will turn into a permanent ban. We, the undersigne...

University Of Michigan Defies Trump By Refusing To Release Immigration Status Of Students While some major universities are advising their students that they are studying Trump's Muslim ban, the University of Michigan released a statement on Saturday that flatly refused to release the immigration status of their students. Big Blue isn't playing along with Trump's Muslim ban.

A Racial-Equity Scholar Describes His ‘Painful Gratitude’ for Donald Trump Shaun Harper says Mr. Trump's victory in the presidential election means college officials can no longer doubt that racism still exists and can appear on their campuses.

Donella Meadows's book 'Thinking in Systems' describes effective ways in which we can change a system. Her chapter "Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System" is excellent; her thoughts are helping our Equity Community of Practice think about how we can influence change within the systems where we live and work. Highly recommended. Here is a link to "Leverage Points" chapter at the Meadows website:

http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/



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Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System - The Donella Meadows Institute By Donella Meadows~ Folks who do systems analysis have a great belief in “leverage points.” These are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything. This idea is not unique to sys...

"We explicitly stand against racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia. We strongly support individuals vulnerable because of their statuses in our society, including but not limited to, Muslims, women, LGBTQ+, international, immigrants, non-citizen, students with disabilities, and all people of color.
We further acknowledge that experiences of exclusion and marginalization were not created by this recent presidential election, but rather have only heightened in wake of the election of a president-elect who launched a campaign based on anti-immigrant, racist, and xenophobic sentiment. This hateful conduct counters who we should be as an inclusive campus community. "

Purdue University Faculty and Staff Letter in Support of Students, November 2016 We, a concerned collective of faculty and staff at Purdue University, write in strong support of our students. On college campuses across the nation, there have been numerous reported incidents of hate, bias, and bigotry across the nation in the wake of 2016 presidential election. We join the chorus...

This is consistent with the movement towards "whole" student movements and treating students as more than a "left brain on a stick"

Second Brain Found in Heart Neurons - Trust your Gut Feelings Heart transplant patients inherit remarkable character traits from their donors. New science proves that there is a second brain in the heart.

Time for new algorithms to burst the ideological bubbles we each live in

How your Facebook feed changes your worldview As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence.