652725 external_news 1636659308 1636736485 "We can all play a role in moving forward." Lewis Wheaton, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, considers the field’s immediate actions with regard to Black representation at neuroscience conferences, whether science and academia are "rising to the occasion in an area under our control," and ideas for how scientific conference and symposium organizers — and fellow faculty, graduate students, post-docs, and collaborators — can foster racial equity and inclusion in and beyond science meetings. (This also appeared in Scientific American.) 

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