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The Henry and Lucy Moses Center for Students with Disabilities
The Henry and Lucy Moses Center for Students with Disabilities provides comprehensive services and programs for undergraduate and graduate students with hearing and visual impairments, mobility impairments, learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders, chronic illnesses, and psychological impairments.

Edna St Vincent Millay

In 1937, NYU invited Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters and to dine with Mrs. Harry Woodburn Chase, the Chancellor's wife, on the night before Commencement. Millay replied that she was "happy and proud" to accept both invitations. Her sentiments changed, however, when she discovered that while she dined with Mrs. Chase, the other honorary degree recipients, all men, would be the guests of honor at the the Council's annual pre-commencement banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria. Incensed at the apparent discrimination, she wrote in a letter to Harold Voorhis, the Secretary of New York University, "on an occasion, then, on which I shall be present solely for reasons of scholarship, I am solely, for reasons of sex, to be excluded from the company and the conversation of my fellow-doctors...I register this objection not for myself personally, but for all women." She went on to ask that in the future no woman "be required to swallow from the very cup of this honour, the gall of this humiliation." Millay won the sympathy of some committee members, including the chairman, William M. Kingsley, who even before Millay knew about the banquet, had requested that she be invited to it. Nevertheless, as Voorhis put it, the University "was not yet ready to break the tradition of the Council dinner by admitting the ladies, at least so long as we still confine our Council membership to the sterner sex."

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Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)

AHEAD is the premiere professional association committed to full participation of persons with disabilities in postsecondary education. AHEAD addresses current and emerging issues with respect to disability, education, and accessibility to achieve universal access, through providing professional development programs and opportunities for professional collaboration.

The National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Resrach in Education (CARE)

The National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education (CARE) has been created to identify and examine key issues affecting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) access and success in higher education in the U.S. Funded by the College Board, the project aims to assess AAPI participation in higher education across various U.S. regions with consideration for the differences in socio-economic, ethnic, and national backgrounds among these students.

The Compact for Faculty Diversity - The Institute on Teaching Diversity

The Compact for Faculty Diversity is a partnership of regional, federal and foundation programs that focus on minority graduate education and faculty diversity. The collective goal of this partnership is to increase the number of diverse students pursuing doctoral degrees and continuing onto faculty appointments. The Compact for Faculty Diversity sponsors the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, a four-day conference that has become the largest gathering of minority doctoral scholars in the country.

DiversityWeb

Founded by collaborations among the Ford Foundation, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and the University of Maryland, College Park, DiversityWeb is an interactive resource dedicated to expanding and enhancing campus diversity efforts through postsecondary education. DiversityWeb seeks to help colleges and universities establish commitments to diversity and a priority in education through a series of initiatives, projects and publications.

SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science)

provides strong national leadership in improving and expanding opportunities for minorities in the scientific workforce and academia; mentors college students within science, mathematics, and engineering; and supports quality precollege (K-12) science education.

Leadership Alliance

The Leadership Alliance is an academic consortium of 33 institutions of higher learning, including leading research and teaching college and universities. The mission of the Leadership Alliance is to develop underrepresented students into outstanding leaders and role models in academia, business, and the public sector though sponsorship in Summer Programs, National Symposium, and Fellowships.

The Leadership Alliance is affiliated with Faculty Resource Network (FRN) at NYU - an award-winning professional development initiative dedicated to faculty efforts at over 50 colleges and universities.

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts

Brooklyn's first museum devoted to utilizing the visual arts as a medium to address, discuss, debate, and resolve contemporary social, political, and economic issues affecting people of the African Diaspora.

Quest Diversity Initiatives

QUEST Diversity Initiatives was founded with a mission to promote inclusion, awareness and equal opportunity in organizations through training and development. Led by Natalie Holder-Winfield, Esq., QUEST pulls together consultants and actors that are committed to diversity. They also sponsor scholarships for students to supplement salaries in counseling, public service, and education.

Rushmoredrive.com

Rushmoredrive.com, an online search engine, is designed to connect Black communities. Working with prominent organizations and individuals they strive to utilize online initiatives and offline campaigns to have a positive impact on communities. Rushmoredrive takes pride in establishing mutually beneficial relationships to ensure there is a focus on education, exposure, and empowerment from positive activities within the community.

Tolerance.org: Teaching Tolerance

A web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating communities that value diversity.

Teaching America about RACE: Are We So Different?

Developed by the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Science Museum of Minnesota, RACE is the first nationally traveling exhibition to tell the stories of race from the biological, cultural, and historical points of view. Combining these perspectives offers an unprecedented look at race and racism in the United States.

University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers atthe University of California. The current program offerspostdoctoral research fellowships and faculty mentoringto qualified scholars in all fields whose research, teaching,and service will contribute to the diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California.