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Nominate Faculty for Mentoring Awards
The School of Medicine and Dentistry is accepting nominations for its 2008 Academic Mentoring Awards, which recognizes the powerful force mentoring can play in the personal and professional development of our students and residents. This year three awards will be given to honor faculty who excel in this important endeavor: one for mentoring junior faculty, one for mentoring pre-doctoral and post-doctoral felows, and one for mentoring residents and fellows. Awards will be presented at the Schools Convocation on Thursday, September 25. Nomincations must be received by June 20 and should be directed to Richard I. Burton, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Dean's Office, Box 706. For more inforamtion, please call 275-3030 or e-mail lori_mcbride@urmc.rochester.edu for a copy of the nominating form.

President Issues Second Annual Report on Diversity The 2007–2008 academic year saw small, but measurable progress in the University of Rochester’s efforts to be a more diverse and welcoming community. While I am pleased with the progress so far, we still have far to go. To accelerate these efforts, I have asked Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity Lynne Davidson to work full time on diversity and inclusiveness issues beginning July 1, 2008. (May 2008)

Approaches to Faculty Diversity Must be Reassessed (Campus Times Issue date February 28, 2008)

Administration Takes Action on Faculty Diversity (Campus Times Letter to the Editor Issue date February 28, 2008)

Specific Efforts at University Diversity Continue (Campus Times Letter to the Editor Issue date February 28, 2008)

University is Obligated to Renew Efforts at Diversity (Campus Times Issue date February 21, 2008)

President Issues First Annual Report on Diversity During the 2006-07 academic year, the University began a new faculty diversity initiative and continued to make progress on an existing staff diversity program and various school-based efforts to increase the diversity of the student population, President Seligman says in the first annual report on diversity. (June 2007)

A New Look at Diversity Helping build a more diverse faculty—in all its dimensions—is the goal of several new initiatives at Rochester. (Rochester Review March/April 2007 Vol. 69, No. 3 )

Diversity Discussed Town Hall meeting addresses lack of diversity at UR (Campus Times, November 16, 2006)

University Moves Forward on Faculty Diversity Initiative Davidson Appointed Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity (Currents, October 27, 2006)

President Seligman's response to the 2006 Task Force on Faculty Diversity and Inclusiveness Report
(October 17, 2006)

Task Force on Faculty Diversity and Inclusiveness Report
(October 10, 2006)

Diversity Plan Detailed University President Joel Seligman recently adopted a proposal that aims to increase faculty diversity. Seligman is moving ahead with a series of recommendations with the goal of providing opportunities for underrepresented candidates to gain positions with the University. (Campus Times, October, 26, 2006)