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Alejandro Castro Memorial Award supports UIC students with disabilities

UIC Library | Posted on April 01, 2024

New dashboard to track university spending with diverse business owners

U of I Office of Procurement Services | Posted on April 01, 2024

2022-2023 Latino Cultural Center (LCC) Annual Report

UIC Latino Cultural Center | Posted on April 01, 2024

15th annual UIC Minority Health Conference

UIC School of Public Health | Posted on April 01, 2024

Launch of the Social Justice Educator Cohort Program

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on April 01, 2024

Clinicians performing dental work on a patient

UIC College of Dentistry opens inclusive care clinic to treat patients with disabilities and special care needs

UIC School of Dentistry | Posted on April 01, 2024

AARCC staff table with student representatives

Exploring Cultures: Inside UIC’s Asian American Resource and Cultural Center

Natalia Madrigal, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on April 01, 2024

Arab American Heritage Month events flyer

2024 UIC Arab American Heritage Month

Leigh Hellman, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on April 01, 2024

2024 UIC Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Awareness Month

Leigh Hellman, Office Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on April 01, 2024

Advancing Racial Equity Award Program: Call for Proposals

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on March 29, 2024

Bridge to Faculty team celebrates new semester

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on March 01, 2024

Transgender Day of Visibility Notice

Chancellor's Committee on the Status of LGBTQ People | Posted on March 01, 2024

UIC Asian American Resource and Cultural Center mentor program wins national award

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on March 01, 2024

How can I submit Odeh Center programming?

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on March 01, 2024

Ramadan is Coming! (2024)

Arab American Cultural Center | Posted on March 01, 2024

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We Are Not Numbers: Call for Participants!

UIC Arab American Cultural Center | Posted on March 01, 2024

2024 Women’s History Month film series

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on March 01, 2024

UIC Linguistic Justice Journal

Natalia Madrigal, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on March 01, 2024

Advancing Racial Equity Academic Unit Report cover

Winter 2024 Office of Diversity round-up

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on March 01, 2024

Amy Bailey and Joseph Jewell discuss the Douglass Day transcription event with participants.

UIC joins worldwide effort to transcribe Frederick Douglass’ papers for future researchers

Carlos Sadovi, UIC Today | Posted on February 28, 2024

UIC receives NIH award for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in STEMM

Rob Mitchum, UIC Today | Posted on February 28, 2024

First page of the amicus brief court document

UIC Co-Signs Amicus Brief Supporting DACA Recipients

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on February 06, 2024

CCSL Awards Nominations

Chancellor's Committee on the Status of Latinos | Posted on February 06, 2024

The front cover of WLRC's 2021-2023 Annual Report, which features a group photo of WLRC staff taken outdoors in May 2023.

2021-2023 Women’s Leadership and Resource Center (WLRC) Annual Report

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on February 06, 2024

Attendees of the 2024 MLK Student Leadership Conference

Students attend Martin Luther King Jr. Student Leadership Conference

Natalia Madrigal, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on February 06, 2024

UIC professor wins national diversity award and grants

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity and Engagement | Posted on February 06, 2024

Bridge to Faculty alum awarded NSF grant

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on February 04, 2024

UIC Black Cultural Center names new associate director

UIC Black Cultural Center | Posted on February 04, 2024

Nursing student administers a shot on a patient

How to increase health equity among children

Emily Stone, UIC Today | Posted on January 31, 2024

Program Manager, Donna Hampton, at the Center for Literacy

UIC’s Center for Literacy supports social mobility for Chicagoans

Tim Lemberger, UIC Today | Posted on January 31, 2024

Black Stardom: Steppin’ in the Spotlight – UIC Black History Month

UIC Black History Month 2024

Carlos Sadovi, UIC Today | Posted on January 31, 2024

Charu Thakral named interim vice chancellor for diversity, equity and engagement

Office of Diversity, Equity and Engagement | Posted on January 10, 2024

Students participate in a discussion led by the UIC Arab American Culture Center.

Exploring Cultures: Inside UIC's Arab American Cultural Center

Natalia Madrigal, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on December 05, 2023

Amalia Pallares Takes Next Step in Career Journey

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on December 05, 2023

Panelists at the Global Inclusion Conference

UIC Hosts 2023 Global Inclusion Conference

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on December 05, 2023

CASL staff with UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda

Chinatown Leaders Meet with Chancellor Miranda

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on December 05, 2023

UIC at the Metropolitan Family Services Gala

UIC Attends Metropolitan Family Services Gala

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on December 05, 2023

UIC designated 2023 Fulbright HSI leader

Brian Flood, UIC Today | Posted on December 05, 2023

A pride flag standing on a computer desk in an office

New Associate Director of UI Health Affairs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Adriana Black, Director of Health Affairs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion | Posted on December 03, 2023

Photo of migrants arriving in Chicago, the welcoming city.

Resources Available to New Arrivals

City of Chicago | Posted on November 13, 2023

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Fundraising Underway for the HACE UIC LARES Olga Camargo Scholarship

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 04, 2023

UIC students and staff dance in the quad with an Indigenous dancer.

Empowering Indigenous Scholars: IGSA is 'A Breath of Fresh Air'

Natalia Madrigal, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 03, 2023

Rigo Padilla-Pérez Undocumented Student Resource Center flyer

New Undocumented Student Resource Center Opens at UIC

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 03, 2023

Students at the grand opening learn about Chicago’s sacrifice zones.

Climates of Inequality Exhibition Opens at Chicago Justice Gallery

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 03, 2023

Lifetime Achievement Award winner Esther Sciammarella

Alivio Medical Center Celebrates 34th Anniversary Gala

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 02, 2023

UIC Chancellor Visits Bee Love Café in North Lawndale

Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 02, 2023

Odeh Center Hosts Inaugural Health Equity Lecture

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 01, 2023

B2F Cohort Corner: David Hernández Uribe

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on November 01, 2023

Obama Foundation Scholars, Haniyyah Thomas and Marnee Ostoa

UIC students awarded public service scholarships from Obama Foundation

Carlos Sadovi, UIC Today | Posted on November 01, 2023

UIC Neighborhood Center serves as learning hub for new mothers

Carlos Sadovi, UIC Today | Posted on September 30, 2023

New Health Equity Center to Promote Belonging and Justice in the Health Sciences and Health Professions

UI Health | Posted on September 30, 2023

UIC AANAPISI Initiative

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on September 30, 2023

In Memoriam: Rigo Padilla-Pérez

Leigh Hellman, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on September 29, 2023

UIC recertified as ‘Seal of Excelencia’ institution

Brian Flood, UIC Today | Posted on September 29, 2023

UI Health Hispanic Heritage Month Highlights

UI Health | Posted on September 29, 2023

UIC Arab American Cultural Center (AACC) 2022-2023 Annual Report

Posted on September 29, 2023

UIC reports record freshman class, growth in first-gen freshmen, Black students

Brian Flood, UIC Today | Posted on September 29, 2023

UIC’s Great Cities Institute launches Latino Research Initiative

Emily Stone, UIC Today Contributor | Posted on September 29, 2023

Instituto del Progreso Latino Annual Gala Honors Leaders Making a Difference

Miguel Alba, Office of Diversity, Equity & Engagement | Posted on September 29, 2023

LGBTQ+ History Month

Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ People | Posted on September 29, 2023