Erika Shugart

ASCB assessing impact of changes to improve minisymposia diversity

January 25, 2021
,

Changes to the minisymposia co-chair and speaker selection process have resulted in increased participation by scientists from racial and ethnic…

Read More

How COVID has changed the way we work at ASCB and elsewhere

November 23, 2020
,

As I sit down to reflect on the changes that COVID has brought to my life and work, I am…

Read More

ASCB to take action on diversity, equity, and inclusion

June 23, 2020
,

The last few weeks strongly brought into focus the longstanding issues of police violence toward the Black community, as well…

Read More

Diversity Pride: Introducing a new ASCB Committee

June 11, 2020
, , ,

June is Pride Month in the United States, a month to commemorate the fight for diversity, equality, and inclusion in…

Read More

Strike for Black Lives

June 9, 2020

Last week, ASCB leadership pledged that “We must do better and look at our own practices and culture to do…

Read More

Changes to bylaws on the ballot for spring

March 25, 2020

Note: ASCB is offering a webinar to discuss bylaws changes on April 1, 2020, at 1:00 pm ET. During this…

Read More

ASCB governance task force report

May 14, 2019
,

In 2017 ASCB leaders formulated a strategic plan to improve the Society and make it a vital resource for all…

Read More

What scientific publishing could look like

April 10, 2018
,

If we were to create a way to share scientific research progress today, what would it look like? In this…

Read More

How bystanders can help end sexual harassment in academia

November 15, 2017
, , , , , ,

It seems that you can’t open a news site without hearing another story about sexual harassment of women or worse.…

Read More

Behind the scenes at ASCB

October 4, 2017
,

As a member of ASCB you know that we support cell biologists by helping them share their research through our…

Read More