Do you have a lot of questions about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? We have answers. Join Bo Young Lee for advice, insights, and candor that cuts through politics. #DEIisnotDOA voices.berkeley.edu/podcast/dei-...

"A model’s inability to respect a user’s prompt is particularly problematic" Ask Sora for “A person smiling,” 9 out of 10 videos produced women." College profs, CEOs, political & religious leaders –all men, while childcare workers, nurses, receptionists – all women" www.wired.com/story/openai... #AI

“ProPublica found that, since the ban, incidence of sepsis has increased by more than 50% for women who had second-trimester miscarriages… ProPublica also counted 120 deaths of hospitalized pregnant women, a massive increase.” steady.substack.com/p/women-in-t...

When “the Queen of Hearts yells ‘off with their heads’ for her subjects,” Howell added, that “cannot be the reality we are living under.” www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...

💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes. Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out

@innovationhub.bsky.social is happy to open nominations for leaders promoting participation of women and people of color in STEM fields and expanding our workforce for semiconductors, AI innovation, and emerging deep tech careers. Nominate stellar leaders here: edge.berkeley.edu/athena-awards/

Reunited with my original tribe Saturday - what a great afternoon! Not many people my age (60) can take a photo with this many friends from 7th grade, along with a transformative teacher. @jfinlayson.bsky.social

DEI quotes: "privilege’s sliding scale & impact of exclusion" “It’s definitely the wild, wild West of the haves & have-nots if you don’t have institutional knowledge” “Environmental justice is not affirmative action. It’s not DEI to have right to breathe clean air" www.fromdayone.co/stories/2025...

Assistant prof. Niloufar Salehi was featured in the Silicon Angle for her insights on the lack of reliability in AI agents.🤖 More: siliconangle.com/2024/11/29/a...

Tuesday Feb 11, 2025 is the 10th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science. 👩‍🔬 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭 🎢 🍎 🥽

He talks about "masculinity & femininity like they’re a vibe, as opposed to institutional inequalities that he is actively perpetuating and deepening" ... “his company & sector is overwhelmingly dominated by powerful, straight white guys.” #masculineenergy www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-z...

"...including neurodiversity in the workplace is not so much 'we need to prepare for neurodivergent people entering the workforce' –It's about recognizing that neurodivergent people are already there" Khushboo Chabria –'Neurodiversity For Dummies' #futureofwork #podcast voices.berkeley.edu/podcasts

“Ignorance, allied with power... is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” – James Baldwin in 1972 www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-sto...

Hope is "nostalgia for the future." "I’m not an optimist, nor I’m a pessimist. I’m a possibilist. I believe what we do matters." "What we can do, what we must do, is to be engaged without knowing, without having guarantees, of the outcome" – john a powell greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Big Bang! Business Competition & forum for innovators to collaborate, develop & test business ideas—& compete for cash prizes. Eligible teams must have at least 1 founder affiliated with a California-based institution of higher education. March 3, 2025 deadline ucdavis.startuptree.co/event/s/8xmc...

The Little Bang! define your business idea & communicate it concisely on a poster. Competition is open to all currently enrolled students at the high school, community college, undergraduate or graduate level. The registration deadline is February 6 by 1 PM. ucdavis.startuptree.co/event/s/bvWS...

Show Her the Money screening @berkeleyskydeck.bsky.social January 23 : showherthemoneymovie.com/screenings/s...

Catch up with latest Future of Work podcast from Berkeley Extension & CITRIS – incl. where AI & people meet, AI career coaches & PIPs or performance improvement plan. Take a listen as you return to your commute. voices.berkeley.edu/podcasts @innovationhub.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

for the Berkeley startup peoples AI Summit + Innovation Mixer - SCET IIR x Soma Cap Monday, Nov 18 5:00pm – 7:00pm partiful.com/e/c5U334ZTxX...

Near Berkeley? Join us: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future...

"No one’s cracking the nut of how to deal with the wide variety of plastics people use every day" Chemical recycling "isn’t turned into new plastic products but rather fuel to be burned" “It’s like a fancy way to incinerate without saying that you’re using an incinerator” www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/c...

A great conversation on what is happening with job descriptions, hiring processes, and the impact of AI in creating a "Sea of Sameness" both on the job description side and even the applicant pool. Hear from Kat Kibben voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

“Sleep is a biological necessity, not a crime,” Sotomayor wrote. “For some people, sleeping outside is their only option” The city “punishes them for being homeless. That is unconscionable & unconstitutional” www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/p... Fining people w/out resources makes it harder to escape poverty

Let's talk about giving deskless workers access to generative #AI - Join Murial Clauson at Anthill for great insights and actions voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu... @innovationhub.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social #podcast

""empathy among young Americans is rebounding, reaching levels indistinguishable from the highs of the 1970s"" www.vox.com/future-perfe...

"We have to give them [our kids] back a human childhood & childhood spent on a screen is not a human childhood" Jonathan Haidt NYU www.brookings.edu/events/the-n... To do: 1–no smart phone before high school; 2–no social media until 16yrs; 3–phone free schools; 4–more independence in real world

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Michael Wu breaks down what you need to know about #AI as a leader & an organization so you don’t lose your competitive edge. @berkeleyischool.bsky.social @citrisnews.bsky.social @innovationhub.bsky.social #futureofwork #podcast #AI #NextGen #lifelonglearning voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

“But it didn’t. Even after accounting for things like BMI and medication use, women born later had nearly twice the odds of experiencing daily hot flashes than in prior generations.” www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

Please take a listen - a great discussion of evidence based insights and data for job trends with @danielzhao.bsky.social FYI @berkeleyischool.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social @ucberkeley-cto.bsky.social @econberger.bsky.social @citrisnews.bsky.social voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

Undergrads #UCBerkeley - Enroll now: Two courses open: "Designing Startups to Transform Society Challenge Lab" scet.berkeley.edu/students/cou... for new innovators and "Innovators in Residence" for experienced startup students decal.berkeley.edu/courses/7306 #socent #impact #startups

#Climate #Health #Poverty #Women #Equity edition.cnn.com/2023/12/05/a... "Studies have linked air pollution to an increased risk of endometriosis" Girls with higher exposure to air pollution had earlier first periods. Research "showing an impact on girls as early as in utero... is terrifying"

Deepfake porn is a crisis, and Google directs people straight to the material, even including it in image results. I searched for the names of 36 female celebrities + the word "deepfakes" and the top results for 34 of them were nonconsensual deepfake porn. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...

New Future of Work Podcast with Barry O'Reilly and Michelle Hector - Check it out and line up your upskilling for the new year. voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu... @innovationhub.bsky.social

“unlock the monument” "Kinfolk is placing 4 new statues ...in collaboration with the Black artists... fashioned not from bronze or marble but from bits and bytes, visible only using augmented reality... Build hundreds of digital monuments for the price of one” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

2023 EDGE in Tech #Holiday #giftguide for People in Tech Great gift ideas for women, people of color, and others in tech! edgeintech.medium.com/2023-holiday... Please share @berkeleylab.bsky.social @ucberkeley-cto.bsky.social @kcisbister.bsky.social @ucscgenomics.bsky.social @sheilaw.bsky.social

"For their own self preservation, AI models need to be able to distinguish between real and fake content." -Hany Farid arxiv.org/abs/2311.12202

Deadline extended to Mon Nov 27! Nominate amazing leaders fostering diversity in tech. See prior winners & nominate: edge.berkeley.edu/athena-awards/ Last year's winners: Jodi Shelton, Tonya Evans, Dr. Erika Moore, and Cal NERDS. Give thanks for those who make a difference. Nominate now!

Future of Work podcast: October 2023: Becoming an AI Native with Chalenge Masekera, data scientist at Faros AI.  With AI evolving at lightning speed, are we entering the age of adopt or perish? voices.berkeley.edu/extension/fu...

Apply by 31 Oct 2023 Robotics for Good, AI for Good Innovation Factory is United Nations-focused pitching platform to help start-ups grow & scale innovative robotics solutions, by connecting to potential business partners, investors, governments, big IT companies aiforgood.itu.int/event/meet-t...

"So much of teacher training is very stagnant. There isn’t enough innovation and there’s a lot of resistance to change.” www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/07... "More “transformative leadership” is needed to hold institutions accountable to their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion"

"Ellingrud said 85 percent of jobs impacted by generative AI will be concentrated in four job categories: food services, customer service and sales, office administration, and manufacturing. The first three are dominated by women." foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/21/a... #AI #gender #equity #futureofwork

"Should — and if so, how should — writers be recognized and remunerated for AI-generated works that mimic their voices?" “We generate a person’s profile as they passively use our product.” techcrunch.com/2023/10/25/g...

Monday, 30 October 2023  GLOBAL SUMMIT REPLAY Armin Wedler, DLR Robotics Institute; Bernhard Kowatsch, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). #AI #Food

Halloween costumes #theoryofchange www.linkedin.com/posts/vu-le-...

Pioneering e-Commerce for Governments?! Let's go Founder Paola Santana and Glass! commerce.glass/blogs/glass-...

Don't miss: #AI w/Timnit Gebru citris-uc.org/event/citris... DAIR ...approach not only outperforms current models from Big Tech corporations in applications like machine translation & automatic speech recognition, but also serves to distribute power across the world in the hands of grassroots orgs

"The students are inspiring in their willingness to embrace unfamiliar learning environments & advance their ability to solve big societal challenges. It’s an honor to watch them grow ...& develop lasting skills that will serve them well in their future careers." citris-uc.org/experience-i...

"It’s a decision scores of college-educated women have made over the years & which, in part, explains why gender earnings gap is wider among college-educated women compared with those w/out a college degree." "Men are able to step forward because women step backward" www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Investing in Inclusion Pitch Competition Saturday, October 28⋅9:00am – 1:00pm Haas School of Business - 2220 Piedmont Avenue - Chou Hall, Spieker Forum - Berkeley, CA 94720 For details, go here: haas.berkeley.edu/equity/event...