News

September 20, 2024

The University of Michigan has launched a new program to meet the moment with dialogue, and named IGR's Kaplowitz to lead it.

July 29, 2024

Higher ed is facing a challenging time and seeking solutions. One powerful, proactive tool shines particularly bright: intergroup dialogue.

July 26, 2024

A new book offers a groundbreaking guide—and helpful how-tos—in building relationships and communicating across differences.

July 8, 2024

IGR is thrilled to welcome Imani Barnes and Jacob Foster as lecturers to teach core IGR courses this fall.

June 17, 2024

Wheat received the award for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion category, one of six rooted directly in the division’s values.

March 27, 2024

IGR has completed changes to the minor in intergroup relations education, strengthening the its foundation of social justice education and creating new pathways to impact.

March 12, 2024

IGR is thrilled to welcome Patrick Kazyak-Albaladejo Muñiz as its new associate director for strategic partnerships and dissemination.

February 26, 2024

IGR will offer mini-grants of up to $2,000 in 2024 to U-M students completing or supporting research in the fields of intergroup relations and social justice education. Proposals are due March 22, 2024.

February 21, 2024

On March 13, we'll be asking as many of our friends as possible to help us take advantage of a generous matching gift that'll support key priorities and student opportunities.

February 19, 2024

IGR will offer a new course, while other courses will see credit adjustments and newly fulfill key LSA race and ethnicity requirements and the social science distribution.

February 13, 2024

As 2023 came to a close, the "Pass the MiC" podcast released a special two-part conversation with Stephanie Hicks.

February 7, 2024

The Program on Intergroup Relations' CommonGround program—known for its peer-led workshops rooted in exploring social identity—is offering a special eight week series on disability for U-M students this winter.

February 5, 2024

Patricia Gurin, a professor emerita of psychology and women’s study who was a pioneer in intergroup dialogue, received a Lifetime Achievement Award on Wednesday from the Program for Research on Black Americans (PRBA).

October 11, 2023

The Program on Intergroup Relations is delighted to welcome twelve University of Michigan staff to the program's Community of Scholars—Imani Barnes, Brandon Bond, Jesse Carr, Jozet Channey, Pedro Coracides, Lauren Davis, Heather Klein, Caitlin Posillico, Katie Reece, Katie Snyder, Andrea Wilkerson, and Christina Wright.

October 10, 2023

Students with an interest in intergroup dialogue facilitation and social change can participate in a new certificate program, dialogue for community change, starting in fall 2023.

September 6, 2023

One reason Intergroup Dialogue—the Michigan Model in particular—works is because it prioritizes relationship building and learning about social identity to form a solid foundation for having hard conversations across differences. It’s simple yet powerful.

July 31, 2023

This summer, a group of 64 educators and college administrators gathered for the National Intergroup Dialogue Institute to learn about creating dialogue programs on their campuses.

June 30, 2023

Seven staff and affiliates from The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR) shared their knowledge, experience, and research with colleagues earlier this month at the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center's (DDNRC) esteemed biennial conference.

Welcome to the first newsletter of The Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan (IGR)!

In this feature, we share notable moments from a selected year within IGR's history.

Here's what happened in 1997...