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In January 2023, President Ono announced six core values of the University of Michigan: integrity, respect, inclusion, equity, diversity, and innovation. In recent months, some of these values - inclusion, equity, and diversity - have come under attack. In this moment, I believe it is more important than ever to ground our actions in our values. Our commitment to inclusion, equity, and diversity is core to our pursuit of excellence. Equitable opportunities help ensure that innovative ideas are nurtured and pursued, no matter who they come from. A diverse and inclusive intellectual community allows us to strengthen our research by ensuring the questions we ask and the methods we pursue to answer them aren't constrained by too narrow a range of perspectives... To be meaningful, our values must translate into action. President Ono urged that "(The values) have to be practiced. They can't just be on a seal or on a website. It has to be really evident in the decisions, large and small,..

Also known as: Inequality Dynamics

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