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White House Issues Memo Limiting Federal Agency Training on Diversity
September 24, 2020
The White House Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum on Sept. 4 directing federal agencies to halt any spending on employee training involving “critical race theory,” concepts such as “white privilege,” or the idea the U.S. is an “inherently racist or evil country.” The memo claims that “millions” have been spent on sessions the Trump administration deems tantamount to “divisive, anti-American propaganda.”
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read moreJames S. Jackson, Trailblazer in Research on Race and Health (1944-2020)
September 25, 2020
James S. Jackson, a prominent social psychologist known for his path-breaking research on race, culture, and health, passed away at the age of 76 on September 1 after battling pancreatic cancer the past few years. With him at his side were his wife Toni Antonucci, Elizabeth M. Douvan Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Research Professor, Survey Research Center, and daughters Ariana and Kendra. Jackson was the Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of
read moreShutting Down the School-to-Prison Pipeline
September 24, 2020
Once our kids are all back in school, so too will be the school resource officers, there to prevent violence yet unwittingly leaving many students feeling “scared and mistrusted,” according to new research in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
In “School Pathways to the Juvenile Justice System,” researchers Tammy Hughes, Tara Raines, and Celeste Malone report that 77 percent of school resource officers who participated in a 2014 study
read moreSocieties Consortium Continues to Grow and Develop New Tools to Support STEMM Community, including Members of FABBS
September 24, 2020
The Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM held its second all-members meeting this September. The Consortium was created with over 100 inaugural member organizations standing together against sexual, racial, and other intersecting bases of harassment, conceived in response to a report from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Now a force of over 130 societies, representatives from member organizations convened to hear updates,
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