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Culture & Community Promoting Gender Equity at Schrödinger and Beyond

We know that investing in diversity creates value for our company and stakeholders, and that diverse teams come up with better, more innovative ideas. But most importantly, we make gender equity a priority because it’s the right thing to do.

In my role as vice president of DEI and Strategic Growth at Schrödinger, an important part of my job is to promote gender equity in science and technology. Schrödinger is a computational molecular discovery company with a mission of improving human health and quality of life by transforming the way therapeutics and materials are discovered.

BY Michelle Byington

When I completed my Ph.D. and postdoc in protein modeling, I joined the modeling and informatics group at a large pharmaceutical company. A few years later when I moved to Boston with my family, I had no idea that I’d be making such an important career choice by accepting an Application Scientist (AppSci) position at

Executing on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace

As we close 2021, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is a phrase we have all heard in passing, but the question is: do we know what it really means and how to instill these values in the workplace? For some, it may mean the ability to work effectively with one another regardless of backgrounds or

Schrödinger Inaugural Employee Art Exhibition

“Sciences provide an understanding of a universal experience, art is a universal understanding of a personal experience. They are both avatars of human creativity.” – Mae Jemison On December 7th, 2021, Schrödinger hosted its Inaugural Employee Art Exhibition at its new Headquarters in New York City. The organizers for this inaugural event called on Schrödinger

The Wheels Driving a Great Company are Its People

After nearly a decade of experience working in emergency medicine and clinical research in large pharmaceutical companies, Dan Weiss, M.D., CPI, decided he wanted a change.

Helping the Team Recharge in the COVID-19 Era

What a year it’s been. Remember back in March when some of us thought a brief stint working from home would be a welcome respite—no commute, no crowds, perhaps a slightly slower pace? As we all know, that’s not how it turned out. We joke about every day blending into “Blursday” and wryly note that

Learning and Collaborating From Home

As a parent of small children, I sometimes unexpectedly find myself needing to work from home. Many of us are in the same boat now – and for the long haul, as companies and schools around the world close their locations and move to off-site working to address the spread of Coronavirus.

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