To help focus the conversation on your biggest questions and concerns, please use the RSVP link to vote on questions you would like us to address and provide us with any additional questions by Thursday, January 20th. The Zoom link will be emailed to registered participants: RSVP here.

Statistics: Enrique Reyes enrique@stat.ucla.edu

Chemistry and Biochemistry: Jonathan Erde jerde@chem.ucla.edu

ATMOS: cody@atmos.ucla.edu

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Location: While UCLA is in remote instruction, journal club will meet online via Zoom. Registered participants will receive a calendar invite and Zoom link.

About Journal Club: How do we make our science courses more inclusive to students with various social identities? Participants will explore relevant science education research literature in more depth and develop greater understanding of effective and inclusive teaching practices, and learn more about the methods used in education research. Faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and anyone interested in education research is welcome to participate!

We encourage in-person participation, but an online participation option will be available to those that need it. Email ksupriya@ceils.ucla.edu at least three days in advance to get the Zoom link. If joining as part of a course, also contact the course instructor to let them know that you can't attend in person.

Teaching Assistants are also new to Bruin Learn! Please encourage them to take a look at some of the TA-specific tutorials and information about things like grading, keeping track of students, updating webpages, and more.

View the TA-Specific Resources here

As we concluded the first quarter back on campus, EPIC, CEILS and CAT hosted an event to help us reflect on and discuss the term’s teaching successes and challenges. Review the recording below to hear what the UCLA community is doing to support students’ health and wellness.

For a list of January events and trainings offered by CAT, please visit the following link: https://teaching.ucla.edu/events/

For a list of January events and trainings offered by EPIC, please visit the following link: https://epic.ucla.edu/events/

For more updates and announcements visit our homepage regularly!

While physical barriers surround us, an architectural and industrial design concept from the 1970s and ’80s called “universal design” (UD) aims to increase accessibility without compromising aesthetics or function. The term UD is credited to Ron Mace, architect at North Carolina State University, polio survivor, and lifelong wheelchair user. His accessible building code served as a model for the Americans With Disabilities Act.

UCLA faculty and doctoral students reflect on challenges and offer advice to undergraduates. UCLA prides itself on the fact that nearly a third of its undergraduate students will be the first in their families to earn a four-year college degree. Still, navigating the university experience can be a challenge for many first-generation students, and particularly for those in STEM fields, where they remain widely underrepresented.

The Aspire Alliance National Change Team has curated and created resources to help STEM Faculty be more inclusive. These include A Guide to Academic Advising for STEM Faculty and their Inclusive Professional Framework for Faculty.

Looking for other online events related to inclusive teaching or equity in STEM? Check out the CEILS calendar of events for a curated list of local and national workshops, webinars, and conferences! We update this calendar regularly so check back often.

Discussions will be on Zoom; sign up here.

What: A four-part series of interactive virtual events for instructors and the administrators who support them. We plan to cover the changing student/professor dynamic, how to foster motivation and engagement, and the future of grading and assessment, respectively, in our first three sessions.

Who: Isis Artze-Vega, vice president for academic affairs at Valencia College, in Florida; Regan A.R. Gurung, associate vice provost and executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Oregon State University; and Viji Sathy, associate dean of evaluation and assessment in the office of undergraduate education in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences.

Why: To help professors think through common challenges, like expanding student engagement and fine-tuning grading and assessment, and to provide a sense of community along the way.

Qquestions or comments? Please email beckie.supiano@chronicle.com and/or beth.mcmurtrie@chronicle.com.

Chemistry scholars and educators are intentionally creating inclusive curriculum and equitable learning opportunities in response to the inequities in society exposed by the challenges of discrimination and the pandemic over the last few years. This special issue on "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect in Chemistry Education Research and Practice" shines a light on discipline-based... Read This Issue