{"id":16041,"date":"2020-08-10T17:42:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T21:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/?page_id=16041"},"modified":"2024-02-09T15:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T20:50:45","slug":"dei-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/about\/diversity\/dei-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council and Faculty DEI Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diversity and inclusion are core values of our department, and we believe that diversity promotes scientific excellence and innovation. The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council and Faculty DEI Committee aim to develop, implement, and sustain actions that reflect and foster these values. We aim to support all members of our community, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, national origin, background, or physical ability. We are committed to engaging regularly with all members of our community to get their input, ideas, and suggestions for ways we can make the department a more diverse, welcoming, and supportive environment in which all scientists can thrive and do their best work. We will work to implement needed changes in everything we do, including how we conduct research, teach and train students and postdocs, communicate internally and externally to MIT, and provide service to the community. We will hold ourselves accountable by reporting openly and transparently about our efforts, progress, and plans.<\/p>\n
Representatives of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council include students, postdocs, staff, and faculty. The goals of this council are to more broadly and comprehensively understand and address the needs of the Department. Council members gather information regarding the needs of community members, discuss and prioritize DEI-related issues, advise other entities in the department (e.g. Department Head, faculty DEI committee, Graduate Committee), and act on its own as appropriate.<\/p>\n
The DEI Council was established in January 2021.<\/p>\n
Minutes of recent meetings are available<\/a> to the MIT Biology community (touchstone login required). If you are looking for minutes from older meetings, please contact DEI Officer Hallie Dowling-Huppert<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Faculty DEI Committee was established in July 2020 and\u00a0 focuses on DEI issues of particular relevance to faculty.<\/p>\n The Faculty DEI Committee made a series of recommendations to the Department Head for revising the faculty search process. A consolidated summary of the major recommendations follows:<\/p>\n 01\/23\/2021<\/p>\n \t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\nFaculty DEI Committee<\/h2>\n
Committee Members<\/h3>\n
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Committee Recommendations<\/h3>\n
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Additional Resources<\/h2>\n
MIT Resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Greater Boston Area Resources:<\/strong><\/h3>\n