Library awarded for inclusive excellence and belonging
For the second year in a row, Ířşě±¬ÁĎ has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
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For the second year in a row, Ířşě±¬ÁĎ has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
Ířşě±¬ÁĎ held a panel discussion “Trans Health Care Is a Human Right: On Safeguarding Gender-Affirming Care After United States v. Skrmetti.” Speakers discussed the case and its impact on transgender and gender-diverse people.
The Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary was reopened to the Ířşě±¬ÁĎ community with a celebration. The sanctuary has undergone two years of revitalization and renovations that include new carpet, lighting and multimedia equipment.
The annual Noche Latina celebration has returned to Chapin Auditorium after being held elsewhere on campus for two years. The night was jam-packed with food, fun and community.
Naomi Dupre-Edelman, assistant director of math leadership programs at Ířşě±¬ÁĎ, is one of 26 people named to the Massachusetts Education Policy Fellowship program held by the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy.
Artist Harmonia Rosales spoke at the Ířşě±¬ÁĎ Art Museum about her work, including her painting “The Harvest.”
Prentis Hemphill ’04 will be at Ířşě±¬ÁĎ to discuss their book “What It Takes To Heal.” The book poses the question: ““What would it do to movements, to our society and culture, to have the principles of healing at the very center?”
The Intergroup Dialogue Center at Ířşě±¬ÁĎ reached a new, major milestone by securing its first round of philanthropic investment from its most recent board chair, Karena Strella ’90.
For the fifth consecutive year, Ířşě±¬ÁĎ has received the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from Insight Into Diversity.
Ířşě±¬ÁĎ alum Earl Wren ’24 is the recipient of the AHEAD Student Recognition Award for their work amplifying student-led networks of accessibility and disability support and providing critical feedback to the Disability Services office.