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LITTLE ROCK The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center will host a virtual webinar for anyone interested in learning more about the Monarch butterfly and its amazing migration throughout North America. The webinar will be held on the Zoom meeting platform at 6 p.m. Feb. 22. People who are interested in attending the virtual workshop can click here to register.
Lori Monday, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission regional educator who is coordinating the webinar with the nature center, said she got the idea after watching a similar presentation on the agency’s new “Wild Science” YouTube series.
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NASCAR’s first Arab American female driver has made her debut at Daytona International Speedway.
Toni Breidinger got behind the wheel for the 2021 stock car competition ARCA Menards Series and NASCAR’s Camping World Truck Series in Florida on Saturday, according to the racing organization.
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The 21-year-old, who is part of the racing team Young’s Motorsports, is of Lebanese descent. Toni says Daytona has always been on her bucket list and that this is the biggest race of her career so far, but she was ready for it. Before the race, she said the event was a step in the right direction for her to hopefully race in the Daytona 500 one day. “I’m honored and excited to be the first, but I don’t want to be the last,” the California native says. ‘I hope I can pave the way for future female Arab drivers as well.”
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry names chief diversity, equity officer
Last Updated February 9, 2021
UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry welcomed Brice Yates as the inaugural chief diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, officer Monday.
As chief, Yates will create DEI initiatives for members of the college at all levels, including faculty, staff and students, according to a campus press release. Among his first steps will be working with Anne Baranger, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion for the College of Chemistry, to develop a five-year strategic plan for initiatives to increase DEI efforts within the college.
“Within STEM fields, underrepresented minority student numbers are often lower,” Yates said in an email. “It’s important that we focus on initiatives that highlight diversity, equity and inclusion for underrepresented minority students in order to increase recruitment, retention and graduation rates.”