Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• First Class Graduates from Illinois Scholars Program

  The first cohort from the Illinois Scholars Program are graduating from the university.

• Nominations Open for Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Awards

  The Larine Y. Cowan Make a Difference Award is open for nominations until May 25.

• A collaborative statement on academic freedom and critical conversations

  To be truly inclusive, our commitment to academic freedom is even more important when controversial topics are discussed. We strive to be the best shared learning community we can be. This statement is part of that process.

• Statement Correcting the Co-sponsorship of Transitional Justice Lecture

  The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion was incorrectly identified as a co-sponsor for a campus lecture titled “Unfinished Business: Zionism as Racism and Racial Discrimination.” As worded, this title does not invite participation and engagement with all members of our community and does not represent the values of our university.

• Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Associates Featured in DRIVE Symposium

  The DRIVE symposium will include short presentations from the postdoctoral research associates. It will take place at 614 E. Daniel St. on the third floor on April 19 at 10 a.m until 12:30 p.m.

• Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Natalie Diaz to give Public Poetry Reading

  Pulitzer-Prize Winning Poet Natalie Diaz will be sharing her work during a virtual event with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign community.  

• Symptoms Of Crisis Lecture Series Features new history of J. Edgar Hoover, FBI and the Rise of White Christian Nationalism

  Lerone A. Martin will speak on his new history of the FBI called “The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover.”

• Associate Vice Chancellor Rand featured at International Women’s Day Event

  International Women’s Day Celebration will highlight women in academia who made a difference.

• Updates to COVID-19 Testing to Accommodate Extended Religious Fasts

  A nasal swab test accommodation can be requested for students, faculty and staff who are participating in an extended religious fast.

• OVCDEI Statement in Response to a Recent Act of Anti-Semitism

  Anti-Semitism of any kind is offensive, unacceptable, and antithetical to our university values of inclusion and tolerance. All acts of hate and dehumanization creates cracks in what holds us together as a community, and as a community we must speak out against them.