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The University of Virginia Rotunda. Photo by Jay Paul
Jun 30, 2025

U.Va. names short-term leader following Ryan’s exit

Following President Jim Ryan's sudden resignation, the University of Virginia's short-term acting president will be Jennifer "J.J." Wagner Davis

HR leaders tread carefully in shifting DEI landscape
Jun 29, 2025

HR leaders tread carefully in shifting DEI landscape

  Adam Calli, owner of a Vienna-based human resources consulting firm, offers this advice to his fellow HR professionals: Keep on top of the goings-on in Washington, D.C. “One of the things that a good HR person should be doing at all times — because it’s your freaking job, man — but especially given the […]

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Jun 27, 2025

U.Va. president resigns under pressure from DOJ

University of Virginia President Jim Ryan has resigned, saying he can't fight the federal government to save his job.

Is DEI done at the University of Virginia?
Jun 2, 2025

Is DEI done at the University of Virginia?

Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Justice Department push the University of Virginia to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

The University of Virginia lawn. Photo courtesy U.Va.
May 7, 2025

DOJ grants University of Virginia extension on DEI response

The University of Virginia has until May 30 to respond to an April 28 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice demanding proof — including video and audio from the U.Va. Board of Visitors' closed sessions — that the university is dismantling and dissolving its diversity, equity and inclusion apparatuses.

Spencer Goidel, an Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist with the Internal Revenue Service who was notified his job would be eliminated as part of the government's efficiency cuts, stands for a portrait outside his home in Boca Raton, Fla., April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)
May 6, 2025

Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings

Mass federal layoffs under Trump target disabled workers, raising concerns about the future of inclusive hiring and Schedule A protections.

Virginia Tech’s president defends NIH research funding
May 2, 2025

Virginia Tech’s president defends NIH research funding

President Sands warns NIH cuts will harm research, national security, and Virginia Tech’s future as Trump-era policies challenge higher education.

University of Virginia Rotunda. Photo courtesy University of Virginia
Apr 30, 2025

DOJ demands University of Virginia prove it’s dismantling DEI

The University of Virginia's president received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division calling for the university to produce audio and video from a closed session of its board of visitors last month, as well as show evidence that every division of the university and its health system has dissolved and dismantled its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

This July 2023 photo provided by Ashley Dayer shows Dayer in the Adirondacks, N.Y. (Ashley Dayer). Adirondacks in 2023
Apr 24, 2025

Trump science cuts roil university labs, targeting bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more

Hundreds of university researchers had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled Friday to comply with Trump’s directives to end support of research on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the study of misinformation.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Mar 28, 2025

A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients. Judge Matthew Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois halted the Labor Department […]

Founders of Black-owned brands adapt their hopes and business plans for a post-DEI era
Mar 26, 2025

Founders of Black-owned brands adapt their hopes and business plans for a post-DEI era

NEW YORK (AP) — The co-founders of a company that makes lip products for darker skin tones no longer hope to get their line into Target. A brother and sister who make jigsaw puzzles celebrating Black subjects wonder if they need to offer “neutral” images like landscapes to keep growing. Pound Cake and Puzzles of Color […]

Brian K. Revere, president, Breeden Construction
Mar 20, 2025

Constructing change

The construction industry has long been perceived as a male-dominated field, but diversity is not just a moral imperative — it’s a strategic advantage. While the National Association of Home Builders reports that women currently make up approximately 10.8% of the U.S. construction workforce — an increase from 9.3% in 2002 — there is still […]

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