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Kent State police investigating racist graffiti Kent State University police are investigating a reported racist act of vandalism on campus. In a letter to students, faculty and staff, university President Todd Diacon, along with other senior staffers, said an obscenity was written on a "campus fixture." "This act of vandalism comes from a place of hate, and Kent State will not tolerate it," Diacon said. "The Kent State Police Department was immediately made aware of the incident and has begun a criminal investigation. To our Black students, faculty and staff, we realize the pain and hurt tha...

The University was made aware of the vandalism on Wednesday and immediately contacted authorities. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 4:49 PM EDT April 1, 2021 KENT, Ohio — *Editor's Note: The video in the player above originally aired on February 17, 2021. Kent State Police have opened a criminal investigation after a plaque on the campus of Kent State University was defaced with a racist slur. The University was made aware of the vandalism, featuring the N-word, on Wednesday and immediately contacted authorities. The University, in an effort to maintain the trans...

Date Time MedTips: Awards and Announcements Dr. Sakima Smith has been appointed to the newly created position of chief diversity and inclusion officer at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Heart and Vascular Center. In this new position, Smith will help shape and build a culture of diversity and inclusion at the Heart and Vascular Center. He’s also vice chair for diversity and inclusion for The Ohio State University College of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine and a member of both the Equity and Anti-Racism Task Force and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at ...

Federal funds amounting to $400,000 have been granted to Thompson Rivers University so the school can improve equity, diversity and inclusion in research. The grant funding will be used to create. . .

UTC ‘Anti-Black racism is a crisis’: U of T scholar imagines a freer society Robyn Maynard, a PhD candidate at U of T's Women and Gender Studies Institute, has studied – and participated in – social movements committed to Black and Indigenous liberation for more than a decade (photo by Stacy Lee Photography) For scholars and activists like Robyn Maynard, our current reckoning with anti-Black racism is long overdue – and not just in the United States. The protests that erupted around the world following George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police last year also s...