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Stanford’s new Institute on Race names founding faculty co-directors
Tomás Jiménez and Brian Lowery will lead the new institute dedicated to finding real-world solutions to address racial injustice.
December 15, 2022
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Study: Striking inequalities in US infant and maternal health point to structural racism and access issues
Research by SIEPR’s Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater on health inequality finds wealthy Black mothers and infants fare worse than the poorest white mothers and infants.
November 28, 2022
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Why Can’t Police Reform Succeed in Santa Monica?
Stanford Center for Racial Justice
November 10, 2022
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Police Facebook Posts Disproportionately Highlight Crimes Involving Black Suspects, Study Finds
New research by Stanford Law’s Julian Nyarko and coauthors reveals that Facebook users are exposed to crime posts that overrepresent Black suspects by 25% relative to arrest rates
November 02, 2022
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Stanford’s Ralph Richard Banks on Critical Race Theory
Stanford expert on race and the law Professor Ralph Richard Banks discusses why critical race theory is in the spotlight
October 05, 2022
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How an “Impact Mindset” Unites Activists of Different Races
A new study finds that people’s involvement with Black Lives Matter stems from an impulse that goes beyond identity.
September 08, 2022
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Jazmia Henry: Building Inclusive NLP
The HAI and CCSRE fellow hopes to bring the complexity and value of African American Vernacular English to natural language processing.
August 29, 2022
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Joyce Sackey to become Stanford Medicine chief diversity and inclusion officer
Joyce Sackey, advocate and leader of inclusive excellence, will join Stanford Medicine as its inaugural chief diversity and inclusion officer.
August 10, 2022
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A Brief History: Racial Justice Across the Eras in August
August is one of the most prolific months in terms of important moments in Black history that have shaped American society.
August 10, 2022
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Amicus brief filed in support of Harvard and University of North Carolina
The “friend of the court” brief urges the court to continue allowing universities to use race and ethnicity as one part of their multi-factored review of admission applications.
August 02, 2022
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Q&A: Balancing top-tier science with activism
A conversation with Black in Neuro's Brielle Ferguson
July 26, 2022
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Stanford scholar uncovers an early activist’s fight to get Black history into schools
Michael Hines, an assistant professor of education at Stanford, investigates one woman’s groundbreaking curriculum adopted in Chicago in the 1940s.
July 08, 2022
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June 15, 2022
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Anti-hate website offers education and assistance
Stanford Against Hate: A resource for anti-hate education and empowerment
May 27, 2022
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The Mythology of Racial Progress. SAGE-CASBS Award Lecture by Jennifer Richeson
The sixth winner of the SAGE-CASBS Award, Jennifer Richeson.
May 18, 2022
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Stanford’s Shirin Sinnar on the Buffalo Shooting, Hate Crimes, and Domestic Terrorism
Q&A with Sharon Driscoll
May 16, 2022
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Design to make a difference: How do we foster a culture of belonging?
A new book helps create a path to diversity, equity, and inclusion in groups of any type or size.
May 02, 2022
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Stanford announces second cohort of IDEAL Provostial Fellows
Five early-career scholars will join the university in fall 2022 as part of a program to strengthen Stanford’s research and teaching related to race and ethnicity.
April 06, 2022
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Stanford GSB releases annual report on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The report describes several initiatives aimed at improving diversity, equity, and inclusion.
March 29, 2022
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School closures intensify gentrification in Black neighborhoods nationwide, Stanford study finds
An analysis of census and school closure data finds that shuttering schools increases gentrification – but only in predominantly Black communities.
March 28, 2022
