Category: Meeting notes

What a strange year it’s been! Hello, everyone. The DIBS blog has been radio silent for a bit, but we are picking back up with the December 2020 meeting which was held on Monday, December 14th via zoom. This meeting focused on the results of the 2020 department climate survey, which was conducted in November…

After spending the fall semester of 2019 discussing our priorities as a group, we started off 2020 by toasting all of our successes and failures in the previous year with sparkling cider and chocolate. Then, we looked to the future… We now have committees to address our major group priorities – see the list here….

The June and July 2019 WIBS meetings were dedicated to open discussion. Here are some of the things we talked about at the July meeting this Monday: Non-academic careers: One of our members asked if there’s a way we could cover a wide range of non-academic careers all at once, for example by doing a…

This is the last post in my series of Spring 2019 catch-ups! At the May 2019 WIBS meeting, we talked about non-academic jobs, focusing on teaching positions. We had a panel of three special guests for this meeting: Alexis Stein, Danielle Presgraves, and Jon Holz. Our panelists talked a bit about what they do, including…

I’m still catching up on postings about the Feb-May 2019 WIBS meetings! Below is a belated posting about the April 2019 WIBS meeting on how to give a good talk. Attached with this blog post, we once again have a detailed list of the suggestions we discussed, compiled by Carrie Heusinkveld. We also have the…

I’m still catching up on postings about the Feb-May 2019 WIBS meetings! Below is a belated posting about the March 2019 WIBS meeting on networking. We once again have very detailed notes from the meeting (attached with this blog post) so that people can check out the full list of networking suggestions. This month’s meeting…

For anyone who missed meetings this spring, or wants to remind themself what we talked about, I’m posting notes from the February, March, April, and May 2019 WIBS meetings on this blog. Below is a belated posting about the February 2019 WIBS meeting on imposter syndrome. Many people that were not able to make the…

WIBS met today to discuss work-life balance, a topic that was of great interest to many members. John Jaenike kicked off the meeting by presenting slides (link) on the challenges of academia, symptoms of imbalance and burn-out, tips for a balanced life, and UR policies and programs relating to work-life and especially work-family balance. We…

On Nov. 5th, WIBS met for the first time to discuss what topics would be of interest to the group. Members suggested a range of topics, from mentoring to inclusive lab environments to issues affecting parents and especially mothers. In particular, the topics of mental health, professional development, and work-life balance stood out, so we…