The New York Times: “MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners”
This year’s 25 winners include Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote “How to Be an Antiracist,” the poet Hanif Abdurraqib and the writer and curator Nicole Fleetwood. The awards come with prestige — and $625,000.
BU D&I Now Hiring Learning & Training Facilitation Fellow
September 27, 2021 — Boston University Diversity & Inclusion (BU D&I) seeks a motivated, organized, and reliable Learning and Training – Facilitation Fellow to join the team in this inaugural role. The Fellow must be a current BU graduate, or professional student from any degree program. With mentorship and guidance from the BU D&I Learning and Training Director and BU D&I L&T Specialist, the successful candidate will primarily manage and facilitate training sessions and workshops for the BU’s […]
BU Today: “Meet Debbie Bazarsky, Inaugural Director of BU’s New LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff”
Center’s programming, services, and events will bring together LGBTQIA+ colleagues from across the University
BU Today: “2021 Diversity & Inclusion’s Learn More Series Focuses on Disability and Impact of Ableism”
Thanks to the lifelong advocacy work of Judith Heumann, standards of accessibility, and the civil rights of any person who is or will become disabled, are protected under US federal law.
Signs of Resistance: Disability Cultural History with Judy Heumann
In this first Learn More Series event of the 2021-2022 academic year, we hear from internationally recognized disability rights leader Judy Heumann. During this virtual fireside chat, Heumann is in conversation with Dr. Swati Rani, College of Arts & Sciences, to learn about her amazing story, trail-blazing activism, and what we might change at BU […]
The Chronicle of Higher Education: “5 Ways to Make a Real Improvement in Hiring Black Professors”
How San Diego State University has increased its Black faculty members by 12 since the summer of George Floyd protests.
New “Living Language Guide” Builds Shared Understanding
September 8, 2021 — BU D&I has curated a new Living Language Guide to support the creation of common and shared understanding around diversity and inclusion-related words, terms, and phrases. The Living Language Guide was inspired by the similar work of many other institutions and organizations and is the result of many months of research by […]
Inside Higher Ed: “Removing Barriers for Students With Disabilities”
A bill supported by Democrats and Republicans would eliminate the costs and burdens that students with disabilities face in accessing college accommodations.
Inside Higher Ed: “Broadening the Right to Sue”
Federal appeals court says blind students have broad right to sue Los Angeles Community College District.
Ipsos: “All Americans see the value of higher education, but race continues to be a partisan flashpoint”
New Axios-Ipsos Hard Truths poll finds that American attitudes towards higher education are remarkably similar until race gets mentioned