Equity and Inclusion Stories
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A brief interview with the assistant professor of Architecture and member of RISD’s Race in Art and Design cluster hire.
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A brief interview with one of RISD’s recently hired Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.
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A brief interview with one of RISD’s recently hired Schiller Family Assistant Professors in Race in Art and Design.
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2022 MLK Series keynote speaker Eddie Glaude, Jr. invokes legendary jazz musician John Coltrane in a powerful and forthright call to action.
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Ghanaian undergraduate Abena Acheampong Danquah wins a Creative Futures Grant from the Black Artists + Designers Guild.
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Visiting scholar Namita Gupta Wiggers encourages RISD students to use research as a way of catalyzing community, action and visibility.
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Full-time faculty members to join RISD in fall 2021 as a result of the “Race in Art & Design” cluster hire initiative.
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RISD’s Continuing Education division partners with multiple nonprofits to support BIPOC youth interested in pursuing careers in art and design.