The MCDB community constitutes students, laboratory personnel, faculty members, and support staff all working together to forward the teaching and research missions of the Department. Individuals at various stages of their careers and from many backgrounds must rely on each other to help achieve their highest academic and research goals. To help ensure that the departmental environment is positive for all MCDB community members, the MCDB Committee on Diversity and Professional Climate has been established.
Diversity and Inclusion at Yale http://www.yale.edu/hronline/diversity
Diversity and Student Life http://studentlife.yale.edu/diversity
Sexual Harassment http://smr.yale.edu
Mission: The MCDB Committee on Diversity and Professional Climate will help the Department develop and sustain a diverse community of scholars and staff. The Committee also will help to ensure that the Department maintains a professional work environment that encourages respectful interchange between all members regardless of background or career status.
Activities: The MCDB Committee on Diversity and Professional Climate will carry out various activities to achieve its objectives. For example, the Committee will identify departmental, university, or other resources or activities that could be applied to enhance the diversity and professional climate of MCDB. The Committee will serve as a mechanism to identify challenges caused by policies or practices that might detract from diversity or climate, and recommend changes that would benefit the MCDB community. Importantly, the Committee and its members will provide another resource for community members to rely on when challenges arise. The Committee will regularly report at departmental meetings and work in concert with the MCDB Chair to achieve its mission goals.
Students may call the SHARE hotline (Sexual Harassment and Assault Response Education 203-432-2000. SHARE will treat your call as strictly confidential.
Title IX coordinators and members of the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct (UWC) will maintain confidentiality as much as possible, only sharing information when required by law or for safety concerns. http://provost.yale.edu/title-ix