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Steven Shuken (Gygi Lab postdoc) shared the results of CBEI's 2023 Survey during the 2024 Cell Bio Retreat on Cape Cod. 

In early September, the Cell Bio Equity Initiative (CBEI) hosted a "Financial Planning for Postdocs (or Grad Students, RAs, and Others!)" seminar with a certified financial planner. It was well received, with many in attendance on Zoom as well as a live watch party--check out the photo below! Many thanks to postdoc Shelly Kalaora (Gygi Lab) for conceiving of this idea and connecting us with the speaker!

The Cell Bio Equity Initiative (CBEI) hosted their second book club event, this time reading and discussing The Exceptions by Kate Zernike. This engaging, Pulitzer-prize winning book details the story behind biologist Nancy Hopkins and her fight for equal treatment (and space) at MIT. 

If you'd like to read The Exceptions, copies are available to borrow from the CBEI Lending Library in C-515 (kitchen). 

The Cell Bio Equity Initiative (CBEI) hosted a movie screening in honor of Black History Month on Thursday, February 2nd in C-517 at 5:00pm.  Please come join for the screening, enjoy some provided food and drinks, and participate in a thought-provoking discussion about the film!

Choose which film you would prefer to see and RSVP by Jan 17th, using the following link: https://forms.gle/dDEPtkXsWtZRpnV67

A summary of the department-level survey CBEI ran earlier this year was presented at this year's departmental retreat.

Please join us for a a Journal Club discussing the February Book of the Month: In Honor of Black History Month, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Tuesday March 1st by Zoom (link TBA) Sign up for the journal club at https://bit.ly/CBEI_JC and borrow a copy of this month's book from the C Building 5th floor kitchen.

CBEI with the help of the DICP office launches a department-wide survey to assess the sense of community and the concern and comfort levels related to work and aspects of personal lives that intersect with work at HMS Cell Bio. Make your voice heard and help inform future departmental programming!

The Cell Biology Equity Initiative Presents: CBEI Journal Club: Using lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic to return to a more equitable Harvard

Join us for a Journal Club where we reflect on the inequities faced by various members of our community during the pandemic and look internally at how we can be more mindful as we return to the workplace.

The event will be held virtually on November 16th from 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm. Please RSVP using the QR code in the image or at https://bit.ly/3axrdF0