Office for
Equity and Diversity

Learn more about the Diversity Community of Practice (DCoP), a grassroots community of faculty and staff from collegiate and administrative units across the Twin Cities campus that develops and leverages personal, professional, and technical expertise to ensure successful implementation of equity and diversity goals at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

On May 1st, the Women’s Center celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Carol E Macpherson Memorial Scholarship Fund! The scholarship has supported over 300 women students, age 28 and older, in completing their education at the U of M. 

In 2016, the Provost's Committee on Student Mental Health started a program called Mental Health Advocates. This initiative, chaired by the Disability Resource Center is designed to train staff and faculty to better assist students with mental health concerns. 

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Elliot James, assistant professor of African history and gender, women, and sexuality tudies at the University of Minnesota, Morris, looks at how gender and sexuality are not typically factored into business models, and yet they play a significant part in normal operations.

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Beginning in high school, Bianet Castellanos had an interest in the history and the culture of the indigenous people of Mexico. That interest informs her research and work as associate professor in the Department of American Studies.

Learn more about Professor Castellanos on the OED blog »

A coalition of black professors from around the U.S. pen a letter of support to black students in the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter actions happening nationwide.