In 2021, the Center for Career Development facilitated an Identity and Career Development survey. The primary focus of the research was identifying unique career experiences facing affinity groups, and ways in which the Career Center can provide support to each group.
The month of November is Native American Heritage Month! To celebrate, today we are highlighting U.S. Representative Sharice Davids. Representative Davids is the first Native American woman elected to represent Kansas’s 3rd congressional district, the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to the U.S. Congress, and one of the two first Native American women to be elected to Congress, winning the 2018 Congressional elections in Kansas and being inaugurated in January 2019.
Learn about the challenges of traditional dress code policies for transgender and non-binary individuals, and explore what a gender-neutral dress code policy might look like.
Forty-three high school students and 13 members of the UConn community came together to celebrate science – and themselves – in the first Queer Science Conference, held Saturday, June 11th, in Storrs.
The one-day, volunteer-driven event connected the students with faculty, staff, …
Local LGBTQ+ identifying entrepreneurs have shared guidance and advice to others within the queer community looking to start their own business, along with personal insights about being open with their identity as business owners.
Student organizations are associations wherein students can connect with other students based on something in common, whether that be the same field of interest, the same cultural or ethnic background, or a shared hobby. These organizations have resources, mentorship programs, events and …
As an LGBTQ+ student, you may be wondering whether your future employer is fostering an inclusive workplace. In this article, we will talk about finding jobs in a career that is both inclusive and fulfilling.
500 Queer Scientists
500 Queer Scientists is a database of LGBTQ+ researchers, professors, program managers, and students running the gamut of STEM: engineering, data science, chemistry, psychology, and many more disciplines. 500 may seem like a big number, but there …
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When it comes to being part of the LGBTQ+ community, openness is an extremely personal choice. This goes for not just your personal life, but your professional life as well. It’s understandable to be nervous and unsure about disclosing your …
Many organizations are available to students on the LGBTQ+ Affinity page, and we’ll discuss several of those organizations in this article.
The first that we’ll cover is the organization 500 Queer Scientists. This organization supports LGBTQ+ people and allies working in STEM jobs via …
