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February 9, 2022
28 Days of Black Excellence: Alfred Tatum
A leading expert on Black boys’ literacy development, Tatum was the dean of the UIC College of Education and directed the UIC Reading Clinic. He is provost of Metropolitan State University of Denver and professor in its College of Education. Transcript
December 7, 2021
Advancing Racial Equity Initiative updateDear students, faculty and staff, Over a year ago, in response […]
November 15, 2021
Bridge to the Faculty program aims to increase opportunities for underrepresented scholarsCurrently B2F has 34 scholars in its ranks whose research spans a variety of disciplines and departments at UIC
October 4, 2021
UIC awarded grant to support initiatives for Asian American and Pacific Islander studentsUIC was the first funded AANAPISI in the Midwest in 2010
September 20, 2021
UIC honored for commitment to diversityUIC receives HEED Award from Insight into Diversity magazine for the sixth year
August 30, 2021
DuSable Scholars Program aims to increase number of students of color in STEMThe program is named after Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable, a Haitian-born Black trader recognized as Chicago’s founder
July 23, 2021
Studies examine different understandings, varieties of diversityInvestigates connection between political ideology, attitudes, and beliefs toward diversity
April 12, 2021
UIC lauded for its diversity effortsUIC awarded Institutional Excellence Award by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
February 22, 2021
Ida B. Wells Scholarship Fund announced at UICThe creation of the fund honors Ida B. Wells, an icon who traveled the country reporting on the horrors of lynching for more than 40 years.
February 15, 2021
New diversity effort for UI HealthFunding from Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois’ health equity incentive program