The Rising Stars Symposium is an initiative from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to support faculty hiring initiatives through long term community building.

Diversifying the faculty in academic science takes more than just encouraging a diverse pool of post docs to apply to new faculty job postings. At its core a faculty cohort is a community, and communities grow and expand through relationship building. As the office of diversity and inclusion we are uniquely equipped to establish connections between scientists from diverse backgrounds with our own UChicago faculty. We hope that among these rising stars you will find, future collaborators, mentors and mentees, inspiration, and new ideas, not to mention potential faculty opportunities.

The Rising Stars Scholars are hand selected by department chairs. Each candidate’s research abstract is assessed for impact, innovation, and departmental alignment. The two-day virtual symposium culminates in a networking session from 3pm-5pm over zoom. Registrants may also request to be put in contact with speakers directly through the office of diversity and inclusion.

You may direct questions to diversityoffice@uchicagomedicine.edu