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A new report from The Education Trust is highlighting the University at Albany as a leader in advancing racial equity among the nation’s most selective public higher education institutions.

Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Tamra Minor, led a discussion with deans about specific actions and initiatives taking place across the campus community regarding issues on race, social injustice, and campus climate as well as the plans for the immediate future.

It's an incredibly difficult time for all of us right now. What can those of us motivated by a sense of love, unity and a collective moral obligation to advance the causes of social and economic justice do about it? We must remember that the most important thing is how the members of our campus community respond – with dignity, civility and a collective resolve to make UAlbany a place where everyone is and feels welcome.

A national expert on diversity in STEM will offer the UAlbany community insight into best practices in a workshop at 2 p.m. on May 28.

President Rodríguez’s commitment to advancing the University’s diversity and inclusion strategic priorities — a commitment reaffirmed in his April 29 Spring Address — is being translated into action by nine climate committees formed by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

UAlbany’s Chief Diversity Officer Tamra Minor has been collaborating with colleagues across the country and shares her insights on some of the major inclusion challenges universities like ours are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief diversity officers prioritize social justice, gender equality and other equity issues as the newest members of presidents' cabinets at colleges and universities across the country.

Benjamin Jealous, civil rights leader and former president of the NAACP, shared stories of citizens working to stem systemic racism.