News Stories

March 29, 2018

Diversity Is Good for Us and Good for the Data

Amanda Dudley was recognized in December for her contributions to a healthy and constructive campus climate with a 2017 Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award. These awards recognize…

March 28, 2018

Park Ranger Uses Visual Media to Promote Inclusion at National Parks

Not all Americans currently see their own stories told in the national parks, whether those parks are iconic natural wonders like the Grand Canyon or historical…

March 27, 2018

IPC hosts U.S & Chinese Scholars on China's International Development

On March 16, the International Policy Center hosted distinguished guests for a research workshop entitled “China’s Impact in the International Development Arena.” The 10 participants hailed…

March 27, 2018

Survivors Have Life After, Life Before, Life Durning

In celebration of the University of Michigan’s Bicentennial, the U-M Library partnered with the national oral history organization StoryCorps to record and preserve stories from our…

March 26, 2018

Safeguarding Speech: Who Gets the Final Word?

Along with many colleges and universities across the country, U-M is debating issue of free speech on campus.

March 16, 2018

Annual Ida Gray Awards presented during DEI Day

Two faculty members and two students were honored Wednesday as the School of Dentistry presented its annual Ida Gray Awards during a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…

March 16, 2018

How Medical Schools Can Better Support Students with Disabilities

America’s medical schools are making progress in efforts to attract, admit and accommodate students with disab

March 16, 2018

Crawford and Burns Receive Feingold Diversity Awards

The School of Public Health’s Eugene Feingold Excellence in Diversity Award helps celebrate the legacy of public health leader and social activist Eugene Feingold. Feingold was…

March 9, 2018

U-M African Studies Center: Celebrating a decade of academic excellence, cultural understanding

Rama Mwenesi was a freshman at the University of Michigan when he came up with an idea of designing, building