The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) are jointly offering a paid Inclusive, Diverse, Equitable, Accepting, and Accessible (IDEA2) Public Policy Fellowship in the spring-summer of 2025 for current and recent graduate students in the life sciences or a closely related field. This unique training opportunity provides young scientists with valuable first-hand experience in science policy.

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity And Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) is an initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health that is dedicated to enhancing diversity in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), with emphasis on reducing health disparities and promoting health equity.

Let me introduce myself.  My name is Omar Quintero-Carmona and in addition to being an Associate Professor in the Biology Department at University of Richmond, a UNC-SPIRE alumnus, and an active member of the American Society for Cell Biology Community, I’ve now taken on a role as the Senior Education Advisor for the Allen Institute.  The Institute was founded in 2003 by Microsoft co-founder Paul