Diversity

SIU Carbondale has named its new Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Paul Frazier's appointment will have to be approved by SIU Trustees.

A grass roots movement to help people with criminal records achieve opportunities is sponsoring a statewide campaign to raise awareness of the issue.

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.In this edition of Reading Baseball, Pete Peterson has the story of the first Japanese-American to play…

WSIU's Jennifer Fuller talks with Dr. Sheila Caldwell. Caldwell was named SIU's inaugural Vice President for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…

Hospitals have a lot of tests to find a problem, such as X-rays, MRIs and CT scans. But studies show that Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to get this imaging in an emergency, and that might lead to other health issues.

SIU President Dan Mahony talks with WSIU's Jennifer Fuller about his nomination for the inaugural SIU Vice President for Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity,…

SIU President Dan Mahony has his selection for the system's first Vice President for Antiracism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity…

The Carbondale Branch of the NAACP is taking part in a statewide program dealing with racial healing.Branch President Linda Flowers says the Healing…

The COVID-19 pandemic lowered the life expectancy of the typical American, a recent CDC report says. And it seems that Black Americans have been affected the most.

Less than a week after a deadly attack on Asian Americans in Atlanta, Gov. JB Pritzker and members of the General Assembly’s Asian American Caucus spoke…