When I started becoming an engineer as an undergrad, I was quickly confronted with a startling realization: there were very few women in that field. In my classes, I was surrounded by men. Male teachers, male students. You get the picture. And when recruiters came to campus, they were all men, too.

It soon became clear that if I was going to be an engineer, I’d have to get used to the fact that there weren’t going to be many people like me. Years later, when I went on to start my own tech company, ThisWay, I looked around and noticed the same: there weren’t many female founders. Read More

L’Oréal Paris says its increased focus on diversity has pushed sales and led people to reappraise the brand.

The campaign for its True Match foundation, which came out in August last year, targeted men for the first time. It decided to pick male blogger and makeup artist Gary, aka ‘The Plastic Boy’, as one of its brand ambassadors, to reflect the fact that more men are wearing makeup.

Speaking to Marketing Week, the brand’s UK general manager Adrien Koskas says the “power of the campaign” has been “phenomenal” and helped the True Match product to become the best-selling foundation in the UK for the past five months in a row. Read More

Engineers today must be able to manage technical aspects of projects but also work effectively in a diverse, multi-cultural workplace. Rochester Institute of Technology is preparing its engineering graduates for those growing demands. Successful diversity and inclusion efforts toward that end have been recognized by the American Society of Engineering Education as part of its national commitment to improve diversity within university engineering programs. Read More

Thomson Reuters has named L’Oréal among the top 10 companies in the world for diversity and inclusion for the third consecutive year.

Thompson Reuters ranks over 7,000 international organizations on a set of 24 diversity and inclusion metrics, subdivided into four key pillars: Diversity, Inclusion, People Development and News Controversies, and this year placed the French beauty giant in eighth position, ex-aequo with Natura worldwide. Read More

Each professor selected will receive an annual stipend of $20,000 for each of his or her first five years holding the title. The stipend is meant to fund the professors’ professional and scholarly labor, but those selected will apparently not be expected to take on any additional research or tasks other than to “continue their important work and forge new interdisciplinary collaborations in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion,” according to Philbert. Read More

Diversity has become a hot buzzword that is frequently used within organizations today. While companies do recognize the value in diversity and inclusion (D&I) programs, sometimes the implementation of these programs into the workplace can be challenging. Research indicates that many of these programs often fail. Every company has different D&I challenges so specific needs can vary. Read More

At $3.4 billion asset BCU in Vernon Hills, Ill., the human resources (HR) and talent management departments prioritized diversity and inclusion to elevate employee engagement. Read More

In an industry where the customer reigns supreme, diversity and inclusion can give your business a massive competitive edge – connecting more closely with customers, becoming a magnet for prized talent and ultimately boosting your bottom line. Read More

With this Sunday’s Diversity and Inclusion Summit, ACM SIGGRAPH kicks off SIGGRAPH 2019 with a full day devoted to presentations and discussions focused on a wide range of important issues all pointing to the fact that a more diverse and inclusive workplace makes production more creative and successful.

Billed as a day-long workshop “that will inform and educate our community about Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership (I.D.E.A.L.S),” the summit, open to all registered SIGGRPAH 2019 attendees, includes a number of key speakers from academia and industry who will share insight into how workplace diversity “adds significant value to our community, encouraging us to make better decisions, develop better algorithms, and engage with art, media and design.” Read More