Skip to Content Skip to Content

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court on battling bias
Justice Goodwin Liu speaks at a podium in the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law

Justice Goodwin Liu of the California State Supreme Court gave the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity and the Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law. (Image: Courtesy of Alicia Savoly of FotoBuddy)

Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court on battling bias

Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court offered his take on implicit and structural bias during the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity and the Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law.

Kristen de Groot

Aggressive Civil Rights Office reinvents EPA discrimination work


Aggressive Civil Rights Office reinvents EPA discrimination work


Cary Coglianese of the Law School said the EPA’s ability to address civil rights depends on leadership’s commitment to implementing change. “A committed leader of an organization who makes it a priority to shift focus, and emphasizes that in every appearance they make, and really tries to drive that through the management, can probably matter more than whether you have a 12, 15, or 30- member office dedicated to civil rights,” he said.

Wharton hosts 8th annual Diversity Case Competition
Screenshot of virtual competition with students on zoom call.

Wharton School's 8th annual Diversity Case Competition. (Image: Wharton School)

 

Wharton hosts 8th annual Diversity Case Competition

Wharton’s annual Diversity Case Competition focused on solving problems at the intersection of environmental sustainability and issues relevant to Indigenous communities.

Dee Patel

Black histories and Black futures
students in lecture hall

Homepage image: Chinaza Okonkwo of Los Angeles was one of 65 students enrolled in the 2018 Africana Studies Summer Institute, now in its 36th year. The Institute is one of the hallmarks of the Africana Studies Department. 

Black histories and Black futures

Professors and students reflect on 50 years of Black studies at Penn.

Kristina García

How a more inclusive workplace could stem ‘The Great Resignation’
People on conveyor belt holding briefcase headed towards an exit sign

How a more inclusive workplace could stem ‘The Great Resignation’

In a recent report, two Wharton School professors outline some key points organizations can take to effect change and meaningfully prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Dee Patel

Black business leaders: How to build wealth and career success

Black business leaders: How to build wealth and career success

Americus Reed of the Wharton School said future leaders need to be strategic when advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. “We have to understand how to put different perspectives into our decision-making—into our companies, our brands, our organizations. And those different perspectives, we have to cultivate and manage them appropriately so that we can create the type of organizations that can be successful.”

Interfaith activism at the second annual University Forum on Social Equity and Community
A Zoom screen shows four women looking at the camera

Barbara D. Savage (top left) led Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad, founder of the Muslim Wellness Foundation; Rev. Leslie D. Callahan, first woman pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church; and activist Bree Newsome in the second annual University Forum on Social Equity and Community.

Interfaith activism at the second annual University Forum on Social Equity and Community

In the second annual University Forum on Social Equity and Community, the School of Arts & Sciences’ Barbara D. Savage moderated a conversation on interfaith activism.

Kristina García