The Office of Diversity & Outreach is offering Staff Resource events throughout the month of May. Learn about the multitude of resources available to support professional and personal development. Zoom presentations and drop-in sessions will feature information about financial planning, career fulfillment, physical wellbeing, technology, staff groups, and more. This week's events are listed below:
Boost your operational knowledge! Training for clinical research study teams is available and open for registration. May offerings include Bootcamp, Data Management, and Protocol Training, MOPs & SOPs. Courses are primarily geared toward CRCs but all are welcome to attend.
Upcoming webinars are on deck, with several sponsored by the Population Health Data Initiative.
Click hereto learn more, register, and access slides/video from prior sessions.
WINGS Staff Development Grant Program
The next application deadline for the WINGS Staff Development Grant Program is May 6, 2022. Applications will cover classes starting on May 15, 2022, running through and including August 31, 2022. Grant amounts range between $200-$400, depending on the number of applications received for the grant cycle.
Harvard releases report detailing its ties to slavery, plans to issue reparations
"Harvard Universityhas released a reportdetailing the school's involvement in the U.S. slave trade, including faculty and staff owning slaves and professors teaching racial eugenics. In 2019, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow formed a committee that included representatives from all the schools on campus, and asked them to uncover Harvard's ties to slavery."
