Welcome to Women & Diversity
Our mission is to help recruit and support faculty to contribute to an institution that embodies excellence in education, patient care, research and community health. Faculty diversity is essential to achieve true excellence - incorporating the talents, perspectives and backgrounds of individuals from different races, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation and religions. Created in 2006, the Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Diversity works closely with the Office for Faculty Development and the University’s Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity.
Latest News
2012 Presidential Diversity Awards
The Presidential Diversity Award recognizes the accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, units, departments, and teams that contribute to diversity and inclusion through exemplary leadership. There were nine impressive nominations and two winners in 2012: the Center for Advocacy, Community Health, Education, and Diversity (CACHED), and John Fetter, PhD of the Eastman School of Music. For more iniformation about the nominees and the Presidential Diversity Award winners, please visit www.rochester.edu/diversity/awardrecipients.
CTSI Seminar Series Resumed on January 17
The CTSI Seminar Series resumed on Tuesday, January 17. This year's series will focus on the topic of "Why Diversity Matters in Research" during the Spring 2012 semester. For more information on the CTSI series, click here.
1st Annual Tana A. Grady Weliky, MD, Memorial Lecture Scheduled February 10, 2012
The first annual Tana A. Grady Weliky, MD, Memorial Lecture will take place on Friday, February 10, 2012, at noon in the Class of '62 Auditorium. Guest speaker Annelle Primm, MD, Deputy Medical Director and Director of Minority and National Affairs for the American Psychiatric Association, will speak on Ebony in an Ivory Tower: Diversity and Disparities in American Medicine. The lecture is sponsored by the School of Medicine and Dentistry Office for Diversity, Office of Medical Education and the Department of Psychiatry. To register for this lecture, please contact Grace Fuller at grace_fuller@urmc.rochester.edu. Faculty, Staff, Residents and Fellows are welcome. Click here for a flyer that you can print and post in your area. Click here for information on the endowed lecture.
Nursing Practice Diversity Book Club
An outgrowth of the Nursing Diversity Task Force, the Nursing Practice Diversity Book Club meets approximately every other month at noon. It welcomes interested participants from all departments. Books are selected by those participants who attend the facilitated discussions and participants are welcome to bring a lunch. For more information, contact Cindy Berry at 275-5449 or cindy_berry@urmc.rochester.edu.
2011-2012 Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM)
Susan McDaniel, PhD has been accepted as a Fellow in the 2011-2012 Class of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. Read more
2011 Presidential Diversity Awards
Stephen Dewhurst, PhD, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry is a 2011 Presidential Diversity Award recipient. Congratulations, Dr. Dewhurst!
