Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion

  1. May 19, 2022

    Tabbye Chavous named next vice provost, chief diversity officer

    Tabbye M. Chavous will become U-M’s next vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, following a national search and campus community engagement efforts.

  2. March 23, 2022

    Community conversations to help drive DEI effort’s next steps at U-M

    The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will host a series of community conversations to gather feedback and input from the U-M community to inform a yearlong planning period for the university’s next DEI strategic plan.

  3. October 18, 2021

    Democracy & Debate project to continue through 2021-22

    At a time when democratic institutions are under pressure and the U-M community is looking to engage, U-M will continue Democracy & Debate through the 2021-22 academic year.

  4. September 27, 2021

    DEI Summit to explore structural racism amid COVID-19

    U-M’s 2021 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit will explore the interwoven nature of COVID-19 and structural racism and how, in order to solve either issue, both must be addressed.

  5. April 30, 2021

    Deadline extended for those seeking diversity leadership position

    The Office of the Provost has taken the first step toward filling the university’s position of vice provost for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer. Robert Sellers will step down from the role at the end of the year.

  6. April 12, 2021

    Anti-racism design challenge promotes creativity, collaboration

    More than 60 students from the Ann Arbor campus and UM-Dearborn participated in a design challenge to reimagine a world — and campus — that is more diverse, equitable and inclusive.

  7. October 27, 2020

    Despite challenges, report indicates DEI progress at U-M

    The Ann Arbor campus community has made notable progress implementing and living out the core values of diversity, equity and inclusion, according to U-M’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Year Four Progress Report.

  8. October 12, 2020

    DEI Summit to view anti-racism through artistic prism

    The theme for U-M’s 2020 DEI Summit is “Arts + Social Change: Building an Anti-Racist World through the Arts,” which will be featured at a virtual campuswide community assembly Oct. 26.

  9. October 8, 2020

    U-M Museum of Art announces commitment to anti-racist action

    A banner featuring the words Black Lives Matter will welcome faculty, staff, students and other campus visitors at the front of the museum’s Alumni Memorial Hall entrance of the U-M Museum of Art. 

  10. June 16, 2020

    Faculty, staff offered free Anti-Racism Primer

    U-M faculty and staff on the Ann Arbor, Flint, Dearborn campuses and Michigan Medicine are being offered a free Anti-Racism Primer to help push through discomfort and fear.