PRESIDENT'S DIVERSITY INITIATIVE

To be excellent and to prepare students for working and living in an increasingly diverse nation and world, the University of Delaware must take action to enhance its diversity. A priority of the President’s Diversity Initiative is to work collaboratively across the campus to increase the presence of faculty and students from underrepresented groups, thus fostering an educational environment that embraces and inspires diverse thought.

Diversity lectures

The University of Delaware's new Center for the Study of Diversity will begin its spring lecture series with a Feb. 15 talk by a noted criminal justice professor who will examine consumer racial profiling, informally known as "shopping while black."

UD hosts McNair Scholars

More than 100 students from institutions around the country attended the annual National McNair Scholars Research Conference and Graduate School Fair, recently hosted on campus.

NUCLEUS expands focus

UD's Network of Undergraduate Collaborative Learning Experiences for Underrepresented Scholars (NUCLEUS) program is expanding its mission to encompass a wider range of academic majors within the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS).