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Anthropologists Tackle Racism in National Race Project
UCR Vice Provost Yolanda Moses chairs board that developed a traveling museum exhibit, web site and teaching materials.
(April 17, 2007)

American views about race result from the misconception that differences between people are based on biological races.

The "RACE: Are We So Different?" project, a national program of the American Anthropological Association, hopes to change that.

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UC Riverside Explores Diversity’s Strength
A public summit March 13 will explore how best to encourage school success in a diverse environment
(February 28, 2007)

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Can a university campus with large populations of minority students become a model of how to encourage success among all students?

The University of California, Riverside will explore that question at a public summit from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13. The Student Success and Diversity summit is the third in an annual series designed to channel UCR’s status as one of the most diverse campuses in the nation into a model of excellence for all universities.

“Diversity is everybody’s business,” said Dr. Yolanda Moses, an anthropology professor who also serves as an assistant to Chancellor France Córdova on excellence and diversity. “These summits offer an opportunity to bring everyone together to talk about how to continue to build on what we have and make it better.”

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UC Riverside Hosts Second Diversity Summit
The public is invited to discuss issues of diversity at UC Riverside
(October 21, 2005)

The University of California, Riverside will host the second in a series of Diversity Summits from 12:30 to 5 p.m., on Monday, Oct. 24 at the UCR Extension Center, conference rooms D and E, 1200 University Ave. The public is invited to attend but reservations are required. Call Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Excellence and Diversity, Yolanda Moses, at (951) 827-5034 to reserve a seat.

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UC Riverside Chancellor France Córdova Speaks at Caltech March 9 in Presidential Lecture Series on Achieving Diversity
 (February 25, 2005)

PASADENA, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) -- UC Riverside Chancellor France Córdova will speak at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 9 at the Beckman Institute Auditorium in Pasadena, as part of the California Institute of Technology Presidential Lecture Series on Achieving Diversity in Science, Math and Engineering.

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UC Riverside Leads University of California in Diversity of Transfer Students From California Community Colleges: The Fourth Straight Year of growth
(June 19, 2002)

RIVERSIDE, Calif.-- Traditionally underrepresented ethnic groups such as African Americans, Chicanos, Latinos and American Indians at the University of California, Riverside, accounted for 23.4 percent of transfer students from California community colleges in the fall of 2002, according to figures released by the UC Office of the President on June 5. UCLA came in second with 21.2 percent of its community college transfer students from those groups. UC Riverside has led the other seven campuses in this category since 1997, one year after passage of Proposition 209 banned affirmative-action admissions practices in the UC system.

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National Grant Supports Arts Diversity Research at UCR
(August 7, 2000)

The University of California, Riverside has received grants from the Ford and Rockefeller foundations totaling $580,000 for projects that study the impact of cultural diversity on society and the arts in the United States. These are the largest foundation grants ever received by UCR's College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

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