As a learning community, we believe in coming together to stimulate interactions among faculty, staff and students across departments and UT. These events are a chance to explore big challenges and our role as a STEM community offered every long semester. Time spent together helps us explore the distinctive capabilities of our community, the educational strengths and opportunities we face and giant questions for our disciplines, such as how we create meaningful communities of belonging.
In New Equations, our current series, CNS brings authors and thought leaders from outside of our campus community in for in-depth conversations at the juncture of science and identity. This series is aligned with the college’s strategic commitment to lifting up stories and context from our disciplines that advance a climate where all of our members feel safe, supported and seen—the essence of belonging.
Upcoming Events in the “New Equations” series:
Fall 2021
A Conversation with Angela Saini, author of Superior: The Return of Race Science
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021
Spring 2022
A Conversation with Joseph Osmundson, author of VIROLOGY
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Fall 2022
A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass
Tenatively: Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022
View Recordings of Past Events:
New Equations
Spring 2021
A Conversation with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, physicist and author of The Disordered Cosmos
Fall 2020
Picture a Scientist Film Viewing and Panel Discussion
Education Discussions
Fall 2020
The Power of Faculty Beliefs: A Conversation with “Mindset” Experts Carol Dweck, Mary Murphy and David Yeager
Summer 2020
The Inequality Machine: A Conversation with Author Paul Tough about How College Makes or Breaks Us
For questions or proposals for future events, contact Senior Assistant Dean for Strategy and Equity Initiatives Melissa Taylor.
