Diversity Leadership Awards
By Michael Drapa
January 19, 2018
Pioneering Washington Post journalist discusses diversity in media
January 9, 2018
Jan. 16 event will feature pioneering Washington Post reporter
By Paige Hidlay
January 9, 2018
Randolph N. Stone, Sunny Fischer, Scott Cook to be honored during MLK commemoration
January 5, 2017
University to honor diversity leaders during Jan. 9 celebration
By Maureen Kelleher
January 5, 2017
Embracing diversity demands a change of perspective, as winners of the University of Chicago’s 2017 Diversity Leadership Awards can attest. Sometimes that shift yields remarkable external results. For example, former...Read more
By Megan E. Doherty
January 11, 2016
Nancy B. Schwartz, the faculty recipient of the University of Chicago's 2016 Diversity Leadership Award, was one of only four women in her engineering school in the 1960s. As she...Read more
January 12, 2015
Diversity Leadership Award recipient Prof. Cathy Cohen calls diversity 'central to the intellectual work we do'
By Laura Milani Alessio
December 8, 2014
President to award recipients at reception prior to MLK celebration at Rockefeller
By Laurie B. Davis
October 21, 2014
Nominations accepted now through Nov. 14 for UChicago diversity honor
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January 30, 2014
The Diversity Leadership Awards seek to recognize University staff members who display leadership in fostering diversity both on campus and within the surrounding community and to highlight, in concert with...Read more
By Laura Milani Alessio
December 19, 2013
Aida Giachello, AM’71, PhD’88, obtained skills at the University of Chicago that she uses to contribute to the field of public health research and ensure its relevance to populations studied...Read more
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February 13, 2013
The Diversity Leadership Awards seek to recognize University staff members who display leadership in fostering diversity both on campus and within the surrounding community and to highlight, in concert with...Read more
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February 1, 2013
The Diversity Leadership Awards seek to recognize University staff members who display leadership in fostering diversity both on campus and within the surrounding community and to highlight, in concert with...Read more
By Megan E. Doherty
January 11, 2013
For most of his life, sociologist and UChicago alumnus Michael Bennett, AM’72, PhD’88 (SSA), has been working to remove roadblocks that thwart fair access to education and economic opportunity. “At...Read more
By Laurie Davis
October 17, 2012
Members of the UChicago community can now submit nominations for the University's 2013 Diversity Leadership Awards, given each year since 2009 to alumni and staff members who have made fostering...Read more
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May 2, 2012
University of Chicago President Robert J. Zimmer reiterates Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of equality through education and introduces the recipients of the University’s annual Diversity Leadership Awards, Shayne Evans...Read more
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February 2, 2012
MLK President's Reception honors Shayne Evans and Sylvia Puente, recipients of 2012 Diversity Leadership Awards.Read more
By Wendy Parks
January 24, 2011
It was a celebration of achievements linked with a shared commitment to diversity, public service and equality at the Martin Luther King Jr. President’s Reception, where President Robert J. Zimmer...Read more
By Steve Kloehn
December 23, 2010
Dr. William McDade, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care and Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs at the Pritzker School of Medicine, has been named to a three-year term as...Read more
December 22, 2010
In recognition of extensive work promoting diversity, equality and community action, Professor Emeritus James Bowman and Medical Center administrative director Lynda Hale will receive the University’s 2011 Diversity Leadership Awards...Read more