All Office of Diversity Equity and Engagement

9/14/2023 Odehmenan Health Equity Center Opening Reception Celebrating the opening of the Odeh Center, left to right: Dr. Amalia Pallares, UIC vice chancellor for diversity, equity and engagement; Dr. Robert Barish, UIC vice chancellor for health affairs; Donald Perrot, Potawatomi language expert; Adriana Black, director of the Odeh Center; Dr. Rhea Ballard Thrower, UIC dean of libraries, Zoë Harris, UIC PhD student; and the Pilsen-based artist who created the center’s beautiful mural, Miguel A. Del Real.

November 27, 2023

Odehmenan Health Equity Center encourages focus on Native American health

The center’s goal is to cultivate a community for students, staff, faculty, alumni and neighborhood partners.

Diondra Bell

December 20, 2022

Black Excellence: Diondra Bell
28 Days of Black Excellence
28 Days of Black Excellence
Black Excellence: Diondra Bell
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UIC alumna Diondra Bell is a health care IT professional with a personal mission to help patients in Transcript

November 8, 2022

Black Excellence: Renita White
28 Days of Black Excellence
28 Days of Black Excellence
Black Excellence: Renita White
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UIC alumna Renita White is a physician assistant at the Mile Square Health Center Transcript

28 Days of Black Excellence, J.T.-Wilson

October 11, 2022

Black Excellence: J.T. Wilson III
28 Days of Black Excellence
28 Days of Black Excellence
Black Excellence: J.T. Wilson III
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UIC alumnus J.T. Wilson III is a seasoned trial attorney and partner in the Dinsmore law firmTranscript

Students on campus

September 22, 2022

UIC’s commitment to diversity honored by higher education magazine

UIC recognized for its diversity efforts for the seventh year by Insight Into Diversity magazine

Carol Moseley Braun

September 13, 2022

Black Excellence: Carol Moseley Braun
28 Days of Black Excellence
28 Days of Black Excellence
Black Excellence: Carol Moseley Braun
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UIC alumna Carol Moseley Braun is known for her over three decades of trailblazing public service Transcript

28 Days of Black Excellence, Kerl LaJeune

August 9, 2022

Black Excellence: Kerl LaJeune
28 Days of Black Excellence
28 Days of Black Excellence
Black Excellence: Kerl LaJeune
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Architect Kerl LaJeune serves as the UIC Alumni Board committee chair Transcript

UIC Swimming Pool

June 30, 2022

Summer of Fun @ UIC program to provide Pilsen youth with swimming pool, athletic field access

UIC partners with Luv City for program scheduled to run July 5 through Aug. 9

Barbara Ransby

June 28, 2022

UIC’s Social Justice Initiative Portal Project awarded $1.5M grant

The Marguerite Casey Foundation supports leaders, scholars and initiatives focused on shifting the balance of power in society

House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch on the House gallery on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Springfield, Il.

June 14, 2022

Black Excellence: Emanuel “Chris” Welch
28 Days of Black Excellence
28 Days of Black Excellence
Black Excellence: Emanuel "Chris" Welch
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Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch credits his UIC Law education for helping him navigate the fast-paced world of Illinois politics. Transcript

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