Embracing Diversity and Fostering Inclusion Across Northwestern
About Our WorkInclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability
Your voice, your ideas, and your engagement are vital to us as we strive to shape Northwestern into an even more vibrant and inclusive institution.”
Robin R. Means Coleman
Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer
The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion leads initiatives and guides policy at the enterprise-level to create an increasingly inclusive, diverse, equitable, and welcoming environment for all Northwestern community members – including students, faculty, and staff.
We seek to develop diverse leaders and promote inclusion and equity at Northwestern University through strategic innovation.
We support and coordinate diversity and inclusion efforts across Northwestern.
Find a variety of recent news, announcements, and more related to diversity and inclusion at Northwestern.
UNIDOS Affinity Group Co-Chairs (Gabriela Hedrick, Michael Marino, and Sonia Calles Mesa) share historical insight, the impact of colonization, and the beauty of LatinX culture and heritage.
Attracting, welcoming and supporting the brightest, most diverse students: What to know about race-conscious admissions at Northwestern.
Maj Kargbo, the newly hired Director for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accountability (IDEA) Education and Training, shares how we can collectively unlock the power of education.
Michelle Manno, Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, shares why “access” is only a portion in the bigger picture of creating a more inclusive environment.
Robin R. Means Coleman, Vice President & Associate Provost of Diversity and Inclusion, expounds on national attacks toward DEI and how it impacts the Northwestern University.
Feinberg School of Medicine receives National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant to study ophthalmological health amongst racial and ethnic minority groups.
This first lesson lays the foundation for understanding the historical context and significance of recognizing Indigenous presence and acknowledging a prehistory to colonization.
Northwestern is a community of learners situated within a network of historical and contemporary relationships with Native American tribes, communities, parents, students, and alumni. It is also in close proximity to an urban Native American community in Chicago and near several tribes in the Midwest.
The Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa. It was also a site of trade, travel, gathering and healing for more than a dozen other Native tribes and is still home to over 100,000 tribal members in the state of Illinois.
Read more about Land Acknowledgments at Northwestern.