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College of Arts and Science approves diversity requirement

Kacen Bayless • March 24, 2016

In 1990, 200 students organized a town meeting at Jesse Auditorium to talk about racism on campus. The two-hour meeting mainly focused on multiculturalism and the requirement of every student to take a...

Historian Martha Jones speaks on past and present violence against black women

Alyssa Bessasparis • March 24, 2016

Martha Jones, historian and professor at the University of Michigan, spoke Wednesday night in Jesse Hall on the importance of telling stories of violence against black women past and present in order to...

Faculty Council does not want another Tim Wolfe

Claire Mitzel • March 24, 2016

During Thursday’s Faculty Council meeting, faculty gave input to interim Vice President for Human Resources Kelley Stuck and Human Resources Consultant Tim McIntosh about what qualifications they wish...

Administrators talk diversity and budget during spring faculty meeting

Claire Mitzel • March 24, 2016

Faculty Council Chairman Ben Trachtenberg wants MU faculty and administrators to have a better relationship with the UM System Board of Curators. Trachtenberg delivered the opening address at the spring...

UM System announces first-ever chief diversity officer

Max Fillion • March 23, 2016

Kevin McDonald is the UM System’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and will begin his role June 1, interim UM System President Mike Middleton [announced Wednesday](https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/news_releases/032316_news). [McDonald’s...

Q&A: Former student representative talks about working with the Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford • March 22, 2016

From resignations to substantial changes, Tracy Mulderig has seen a lot in the past two years as the UM System Board of Curators’ student representative. From February 2014 to February 2016, she was...

Title IX Office expects rise in investigations after changes

Alyssa Bessasparis • March 21, 2016

Since its creation in June 2014, the Title IX Office has made significant changes to its policies and procedures, which have resulted in an expected increase in sexual harassment investigations. According...

McKee Gymnasium will be replaced with a STEM-focused new building

Brandon Buscher • March 20, 2016

In a UM System Board of Curators meeting in January 2014, McKee Gymnasium was brought up in conversation for a proposed renovation projected to cost $15 million. At the time, the building held a Facilities...

Curators release response to AAUP complaint about Click investigation

Claire Mitzel • March 17, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators [released a response](https://www.umsystem.edu/media/curator/031716_aaup_letter.pdf) Thursday to the American Association of University Professors following AAUP’s announcement...

UPDATED: Curators reject Click’s appeal of her termination

Taylor Blatchford • March 15, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators have rejected assistant professor Melissa Click’s appeal of their decision to fire her, board Chairwoman Pamela Henrickson announced [in a news release](https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/leadership_news/031516_news)...

Concerned Student 1950 hopes targeted hiring would increase mentorship

Thomas Oide • March 15, 2016

A survey conducted in 2003 by the [Bernard Hodges Group](http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED499556.pdf) found that 93 percent of professors felt that racially diverse faculty positively impacted minority...

Laws and Lathrop halls to close for 2016–17 following enrollment decrease

Lauren Wortman • March 15, 2016

Laws and Lathrop halls will not be in use during the 2016–17 school year, the Department of Residential Life announced Tuesday. After interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced last week that MU’s enrollment...