Posts Tagged ‘Inclusive Excellence’
Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor – Spring 2021 Newsletter
Pride Month 2021
Dear campus community, June is Pride month, a celebration of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) communities. It is an occasion to recognize the struggle for equality marked by the Stonewall riots in 1969 and continues to this day. As such, this observance honors the contributions and sacrifices that the LGBTQ community has…
Read MoreAnnouncing Inclusive Excellence Professors
Dear colleagues, We are delighted to announce the appointment of the inaugural cohort of five outstanding faculty members to serve as Inclusive Excellence Professors, supported by a grant for Advancing Faculty Diversity from the UC Office of the President (PIs: Professors Ilona Yim and Nina Bandelj). The Inclusive Excellence Professors will work as advisors to…
Read MoreAdria L. Imada Named 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Dear colleagues, On behalf of Chancellor Gillman, we are pleased to announce that Adria L. Imada, professor of history, has been named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow. Her project will examine diverse survivors of 20th-century epidemics in the United States and its territories. Professor Imada joins a group of 26 fellows nationwide selected from more…
Read MoreJoin UCI Great Big Read – Do More on May 10
Dear campus community, UCI students, staff and faculty are invited by the Office of Inclusive Excellence to do more to prevent and create communities of support to address anti-Asian bias and incidents during the current pandemic. The program on May 10 includes brief presentations and community conversation including: Wenbo Li, graduate researcher from The Ohio…
Read MoreDaunte Wright – A Death in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Dear campus community, Daunte Wright joins a lengthening and disheartening list of unarmed Black people who have been killed in police custody. The time and place may be different, but the conclusion is the same: another life is taken. This loss, like others, ripples through an ocean of grieving families, friends and communities. The survivors…
Read MoreNative American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
Dear campus community, The UC Office of the President issued the Native American Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation Interim Policy on July 24, 2020 to clarify the process by which all UC campuses will implement the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and California NAGPRA (CalNAGPRA). NAGPRA protects Native American graves and requires repatriation of…
Read MoreOffice of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor – Winter 2021 Newsletter
Shane Ardo won RCSA Award to Foster Minority Participation in STEM Fields
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dear colleagues, Monday, January 18, is the 35th anniversary of the federal holiday to honor the birthday of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed into law in 1983 and first observed in 1986, the holiday is a deserving tribute to King for advancing civil rights and social justice through non-violent protest. Although the current public…
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