The Department of Anthropology has recently created a Diversity Initiative - a group of staff, graduate students, and faculty - who meet regularly to work on issues related to diversity and inclusion in the Department of Anthropology.

One of the aims of the Initiative is to increase dialogue in our Department on these issues. In order to achieve this, we are instituting a regular Happy Hour discussion on a variety of topics where diversity and inclusion are central themes. Rather than academic discourses, we would like to focus on topics and issues in popular media, as a way to broaden our thinking and discussion on what diversity means, how to be more inclusive in our thinking, and how to apply what we learn to our everyday lives. These discussions are intended to be a safe space to talk and exchange ideas, and we invite everyone in the department to attend.

Our next Diversity Initiative Happy Hour will be at Franklin's on Tuesday, June 21 beginning at 5 p.m.

Our topic of discussion is: Where Do We Choose to Live? (Or Not to Live)
 
On May 20, President Loh sent an email with an updated, 5-minute video of new campus buildings and the new south gateway to the campus (a mini-urban town center, with a high-end grocery, restaurants, upscale apartments, and next-generation retail  http://go.umd.edu/gcp2; and a  link to a preview of development projects to come in our area from The Washington Business Journal: http://go.umd.edu/GCP_WBJ ).