May 23, 2024 Editors' notes
Study suggests less conformity leads to more innovation by Complexity Science Hub
"..."When different people come together, given they have no bad intentions, new ideas emerge, which can foster innovation and contribute to economic prosperity," explains Dirk Helbing, who is an external faculty member at the Complexity Science Hub and a professor at ETH Zurich. Therefore, maintaining or even promoting socio-diversity plays a significant role. But how can this be achieved?
In a study recently published in the Journal of the Royal Society Open Science, Helbing and his colleague found evidence that socio-diversity is lower in centralized social networks, where a few key figures are connected with a lot of people..."
#Democracy is on life support, #DEI brought more equality, but now many programs are gone bc of Republican white nationalists in govt.
Leaders from all of TX’s 7 univ. systems said they've closed multicultural offices, fired or reassigned DEI staff & stopped requiring diversity statements, or letters in which job candidates in academia share their previous efforts to promote diverse learning spaces & help students of all backgrounds succeed.
"DEI in STEMM is an element of its excellence. It encompasses issues beyond race and ethnicity, including those of gender, disability, and other aspects of identity that have historically been used to constrict opportunities. STEMM should ideally benefit all of society."
"Sehr geehrte Dame, sehr geehrter Herr" als Anrede der Wahlbenachrichtigung ist jetzt vielleicht etwas antiquiert, aber in #Berlin sind wir ja schon froh, wenn die Wahl nicht wiederholt werden muss.
✊ Diversity, equity & inclusion, not a checklist but an internalized culture.
✊ Concrete commitment to everyone's mental, physical and digital well-being, safety and security.
✊ Unlimited Paid Time Off policy.
✊ Flexible Fridays.
✊ Right to disconnect.
✊ Salary transparency and incentives promoting cooperation over competition.
On #workersday, I wish all the workers in the world the right to be treated by their employers like @torproject treats its people.
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On the #UTAustin campus, activists hold up names of students and educators killed in Gaza, along with facts about the damage war has done to education.
Diversity and Inclusion is always at the heart of the Django community. With a small amount, you can make a difference by becoming a Django Girls workshop sponsor at DjangoCon Europe 2024 (https://buff.ly/4aQy5ut ) to support underrepresented folks in learning Python and Django. Please email sponsors@djangocon.eu now! #DEI#Django#Python
About 50 #Texas DPS State Troopers were sent out in response to a peaceful attempt to march and occupy a Plaza at UT #Austin today. Reportedly three arrests according to those on scene.
UT #Austin faculty are reportedly planning to walk out tomorrow in response to the brutal #police violence on campus today against activists who support #Palestine.
This is an expansion of an already planned rally in solidarity with faculty who lost their jobs in an anti-#DEI backlash.
In a year that will be remembered for its relentless assault on intellectual freedom, 2023 saw an unprecedented wave of book bans sweeping across the United States.
The numbers are staggering and the targets are clear. In the first half of the 2022-23 school year alone, 30% of banned books focused on racial topics or featured characters of color, while over half of the bans in 2023 took aim at LGBTQ+ content. —via takeitback.org #Censorship#BookBans#Education#Diversity#DEI#Racism#LGBTQ