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BDRI News
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 San Francisco Chronicle, 24 August 2006
Cal chancellor puts diversity on Cabinet level
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau is creating a top-level position in charge of developing a more diverse faculty and staff and a more open social climate throughout the campus. . . . Birgeneau also announced an academic project focusing on diversity in society as a whole. The six Cal faculty members initially assigned to the Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative will study diversity in health, democracy and education. "We should have to understand multiethnic and multicultural societies in the same way that as a physicist I want to understand the fundamental physical laws that govern our universe," said Birgeneau. Read more . . .
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Berkeleyan, 23 August 2006
Vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, a new post, to join campus leadership team; Selection of three BDRI faculty initiatives
Chancellor Birgeneau, in meeting with local press, also announces selection of three diversity-research initiatives to receive new FTEs. . . . Marking the culmination of a two-year effort, Birgeneau also announced the selection of three projects, from among a wide field of finalists, for funding under the new Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative (BDRI). The selected projects focus on racial inequities in urban public schools, the root causes of health disparities among diverse populations, and diversity and democracy.
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 | Chancellor Robert Birgeneau briefs the press Wednesday on campus issues, including new initiatives to foster diversity and inclusion. (Steve McConnell photos) |
Berkeleyan Web Feature, 23 August 2006
Chancellor Birgeneau on UC Berkeley diversity initiatives
This is an excerpt of Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's remarks at an Aug. 23 press conference announcing two new initiatives - a trio of research projects and a new senior administrator - to focus expertise on issues of diversity, inclusion and multiculturalism.
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Berkeleyan, 3 May 2006
Campus staff issues to take center stage at May 9 diversity forum
The forum was sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor and the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate. Senate Chair Alice Agogino notes that the entire campus community met last March in a similar forum, "Diversity in Action: Leading the Nation Through Research and Practice," where faculty issues were discussed.
"A great deal of input and advice from the many staff who attended that forum" helped shape the launch of the faculty-focused Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative, she says. "The entire community's support and thought-provoking advice has been crucial to what I consider the current success of that initiative."
In a similar spirit, while the focus of the forum is staff diversity, the input of all campus constituencies was encouraged. Read more . . . . Also see Berkeley article (31 May 2006) titled:
Forum spotlights staff diversity and inclusion.
Berkeleyan, 19 April 2006
Diversity Research Initiative draws enthusiastic response
Ten faculty pre-proposals, from a surprising array of fields, advance to next phase.
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Berkeleyan, 2 February 2006
New leadership role for campus in global research
Elite institutions from four continents gathered in Singapore recently to launch the 10-member International Alliance of Research Universities. . .
Moreover, he says, the alliance "can catapult campus initiatives to international attention," citing Birgeneau's Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative (BDRI) as one obvious candidate. The initiative, he explains, "may appear to many here as a purely domestic enterprise. However, it turns out that for virtually all the countries represented in the alliance, multiculturalism and multi-ethnic relations are of prime importance. The BDRI can promote other campuses' research and teaching, which in turn can promote our own research and teaching in this area."
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Berkeleyan, 12 January 2006
Annual $30,000 grant established for faculty whose research or service contributes to diversity and equal opportunity
Changes to the UC Academic Personnel Manual that went into effect last summer explicitly recognize diversity-related activities in faculty appointment and promotion. As stated in the revised policy: "These contributions to diversity can take a variety of forms including efforts to advance equitable access to education, public service that addresses the needs of California's diverse population, or research in a scholar's area of expertise that highlights inequalities." In keeping with this approach, a new grant - the Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence - will be presented annually to distinguished Berkeley faculty members "for distinctive contributions and auspicious success in enhancing diversity and equal opportunity," according to Angelica Stacy, associate vice provost for faculty equity. "This award recognizes Senate faculty members who have successfully demonstrated a commitment to excellence by providing leadership in research, education, and public service in building an equitable and diverse learning environment." Read more . . . . The inaugural awardees were announced in May 2006. ." Read more on awardees . . . .
Berkeleyan, 1 July 2005
Changes to the UC Academic Personnel Manual to recognize diversity-related activities
With strong support from the systemwide Academic Council, the University of California has just issued revisions to the Academic Personnel Manual (APM) - revisions that explicitly recognize diversity-related activities in faculty appointment and promotion. These long-sought changes to the APM are very important and likely to have an impact nationally, says Sheila O'Rourke, executive director for academic compliance at UC Office of the President.
"They send the message that these activities are an important part of faculty teaching, service, and research. When a system the size of UC takes this step, other institutions will adopt similar language."
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Berkeleyan, 4 May 2005
Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative starts to take shape
Academic leadership welcomes research proposals from all disciplines to advance this crucial institutional effort.
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Berkeleyan, 4 March 2005
The struggle for Berkeley's 'soul as an institution'
Chancellor Birgeneau, at campus forum, acknowledges the centrality of diversity and inclusion to the campus's mission; Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative announced
With the goal of developing and prioritizing a diversity-focused research agenda for the Berkeley campus, faculty, emeriti, staff, students, and alumni were invited to participate in a campuswide diversity forum on Thursday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Pauley Ballroom of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Student Union.
The forum, "Diversity in Action: Leading the Nation Through Research and Practice," was a production of the Diversity Project, co-sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor and the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate. Read more . . .
Berkeleyan, 6 February 2003
Faculty diversity: the road ahead;
Campus pursues new initiatives, but time is of the essence, says equity chief
"Ten years from now, there will be some 800 new ladder-rank faculty teaching classes and conducting research at Berkeley. That's the number of new hires that the campus anticipates making, to accommodate a major expansion in student enrollment and to make up for normal rates of attrition", says Angelica Stacy, associate vice provost for faculty equity.
Who will occupy those faculty positions? In 2013, will the Academic Senate look more like the state of California in all its diversity? And will women and minority faculty hold positions of campus leadership more nearly resembling their proportion of the population? Read more . . .
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