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  • UW-Green Bay exhibit wants people to rethink implicit biases

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY – Stairs built without a plan for wheelchair accessibility. Soap dispenser sensors unable to recognize dark skin. Spiral notebooks that are harder for a left-handed writer to use. Those are some of the implicit biases that a new exhibit at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is intended to show. The exhibition had its grand opening Friday. “The Bias Inside…

  • ‘The Bias Inside Us’ – UW-Green Bay hosts Smithsonian exhibit

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is hosting its first Smithsonian traveling exhibit. The community engagement project, titled “The Bias Inside Us,” opens to the public Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Weidner Center.The exhibit developed by the Smithsonian Institution aims to spark conversations.“The Smithsonian is such a national treasure, and to…

  • Northeast Wisconsin continues to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — Ahead of Martin Luther King JR. Day on Monday, community leaders from across Brown County came together at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) to remember the prominent civil rights leader. Source: Northeast Wisconsin continues to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

  • Traveling exhibit on bias comes to UW-Green Bay | WLUK

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    Sue Bodilly

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    GREEN BAY (WLUK) — A new exhibit is on display at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. “The Bias Inside Us,” a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian, comes to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus in Green Bay. It focuses on the science of bias, bias in real life, serious consequences of bias and how to…

  • Nominations open for 41st Annual University Awards; deadline Feb. 6

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    Sue Bodilly

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    The online nomination process for the 41st Annual University Awards program (Chancellor’s Medallion and University Leadership Award) is now open! The process is secure and will have the most current information available. The University Awards honor graduating students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership on campus and in the community, in addition to academic excellence. NOTE:…

  • Photos: ‘Bias Inside Us’ opening

    Photos: ‘Bias Inside Us’ opening

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    Daniel Moore

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    University of Wisconsin-Green Bay hosted a grand opening for Smithsonian Exhibit, “The Bias Inside Us,” which is now open to the public, on Friday, Jan. 14 in the Weidner Center. Chancellor Michael Alexander, Vice Chancellor Corey King and Secretary of the Department of Safety and Professional Service for the State of Wisconsin Dawn Crim shared…

  • Photo Gallery and event link: 2022 Brown County MLK Celebration

    Photo Gallery and event link: 2022 Brown County MLK Celebration

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    Daniel Moore

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    On Jan. 15, 2022, the Brown County MLK Celebration Committee hosted its 27th annual event honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s celebration carried the theme “The People’s March Continues…” —a phrase that pays homage to the struggles of the past while reflecting on the importance of creating a…

  • Understanding ‘The Bias Inside Us’ — Green Bay City Pages

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    Sue Bodilly

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    A division of one of the country’s largest archives of cultural and historical items is partnering with UW-Green Bay to facilitate community conservations around bigotry and social sciences.The Bias Inside Us, a traveling, community engagement project developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services (SITES) and UW-Green Bay’s Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs Office (MESA) and the…

  • 27th annual event honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is Jan. 15

    27th annual event honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is Jan. 15

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Brown County MLK Committee Hosts 27th annual (virtual) Celebration GREEN BAY –On Jan. 15, 2022, the Brown County MLK Celebration Committee will host its 27th annual event honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This year’s celebration will carry the theme of “The People’s March Continues…” —a phrase that pays homage…

  • AI Bias Panel event, Jan. 17, will be moved to a virtual environment

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Please note: This event has been moved to a virtual environment. UW-Green Bay’s Frederick E. Baer Prof. in Business Gaurav Bansal and Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor of Inclusive Excellence Stacie Christian, are organizing a panel discussion, “How AI Algorithmic Bias Affects Society: How did I learn my implicit biases, what it means, and now what…