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  • Students gather on the University of Illinois Quad on a spring afternoon.

    Announcing the Chancellor’s Call to Action Research Projects for 2025-26

    October 1, 2024 2:02 PM Dear Faculty and Staff,  I am pleased to announce the opening of the request for proposals for the 2025-26 Call to Action Research Program. Begun in Fall 2020, the goal of the program is to enhance exceptional cross-disciplinary research strengths and expand collaborations to build […]

  • Professor Ilana Redstone poses in front of green tress and the brown brick of Foellinger Auditorium.
    Professor Ilana Redstone. Photo by Fred Zwicky / University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

    Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Welcomes First Faculty Fellow

    The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is pleased to announce a new Vice Chancellor’s Fellow position, which began this fall with Professor Ilana Redstone serving as the first fellow. Professor Redstone is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Liberal […]

  • A spring break day on campus,. Students gather on the the grass in front of Foellinger Auditorium. A large Block I is in front of the building.
    Students walk on the Main Quad at the University of Illinois.

    Join the Campuswide IlliniFest Scavenger Hunt

    Join us on Saturday, September 21 for IlliniFest, a campus-wide event designed to help you explore Illinois to the fullest and see yourself as part of it! While you’re on campus, explore historical and cultural sites around campus during the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion scavenger hunt. […]

  • Register for the Spring 2024 Undocumented Student Ally Training

    This training provides staff, administration, and faculty information that will allow them to better serve undocumented students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

  • Start-up supported by Polsky Small Business Growth Program receives $1 million on Shark Tank

    To promote their launch in Fall 2021, Psyonic received marketing help from student consultants supported in part by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion as part of our partnership with the Polsky Center at the University of Chicago.

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