Graduate Student Edition - March 18, 2021
Through the spring semester, campus officials are providing weekly updates. In this issue, get updates on the next vaccine eligibility phase, campus contact tracing and more.
Campus Community
Founder of The Equity Project to give 2021 virtual commencement address
Dwinita “Nita” Mosby Tyler, founder of The Equity Project—a consulting firm supporting organizations and communities in building diversity, equity and inclusion strategies—will give the May 6 livestreamed commencement address.
The dean’s list of advice: 3 ways to make it through the rest of the semester
How are you doing, Buffs? As we reach the midpoint of the semester this week, Dean of Students JB Banks offers tips to help you finish strong.
Upholding community values, student accountability following March 6 riot
In the wake of the March 6 riot on University Hill, ñ has taken immediate actions to bolster community relationships and hold students who took part accountable.
Student organizers discuss inclusive hackathon designed to promote diversity
Women and others traditionally underrepresented in hackathons are encouraged to joinT9Hacks, March 19–21. This year's student organizers share what they've got plannedto promoteinterest in creative technologies, coding, design and making.
New podcast—Buff Innovator Insights—spotlights faculty innovators
The inaugural season of Buff Innovator Insights, a new podcast from the Research & Innovation Office, kicked off March 18. In the first episode, we meet Margaret Murnane, a professor of physics and one of the world’s leading experts in ultrafast laser and x-ray science.