News

October 17, 2014

IGR's own Roger Fisher spoke this week at the Michigan Student Achievement Conference (MSAN) organized by the Center for Educational Outreach (CEO).

October 7, 2014

Fall semester is in full swing and IGR is bustling with activity! We are offering nine dialogue course topics this fall to 107 students and we have three research teams. Additionally, our CommonGround team has just trained a large group of student facilitators who are already busily planning for student workshops this semester.

July 10, 2014

IGR was pleased to host its 8th annual National Intergroup Dialogue Institute in June. Through the institute, IGR seeks to give colleagues from around the world the opportunity to learn IGR’s philosophy and techniques, so that they will be able to create dialogue programs on their own campuses.

Summer 2014

This summer, IGR's Dr. Adrienne B. Dessel, presented a chapter co-authored with colleagues Johanna C. Massé, Doctoral Candidate (U-M Department of Sociology and School of Education) and Lauren T. Walker, MSW (U-M School of Social Work), at the Social Action and Change: Opportunities, Resistance, Inertia, and Mobilization conference held by The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI).

Publications

Bolen, R., & Dessel, A. (2013). Is discrimination against Evangelical Christians a problem in social work education? Journal of Social Work Education, 49, 528-547.

Bolen, R., & Dessel, A. (in press). Conservative Christianity and social work: Converging and diverging perspectives. Journal of Social Work Education (LTE).

May 1, 2014

IGR was proud to present the Patricia Gurin Certificate of Merit to the following graduating seniors on Thursday, May 1: Ronye Craft, Megan Fisher, Aliza Anis Hirani, Loren Lee, Blake Mackie, Melissa Manley, Eric Nagy, Ciarra Ross, Maja Tosic, Ozi K. Uduma, Jubek Yongo-Bure

April 2014

Alumnus Joe Person ('06) recently addressed graduating seniors at the 2014 Patricia Gurin Certificate of Merit Awards Ceremony.

February 28, 2014As a program that is committed to the value of dialogue for creating social justice, we at IGR are pleased that the Michigan Daily has formed the "Michigan in Color" column. We are also encouraged by and proud of the participation of so many IGR students. Thank you for your thoughtful and valuable contributions, everyone!

February 2014

IGR is proud to announce the launch of our live webinar series for colleagues and friends from both U-M and across the nation and world.

Fall 2013

Below are links to mentions of IGR in the news. Also included in this list are IGR-related pieces in the news that are written by staff, IGR alumni or current students.*