June 17, 2024
Wheat received the award for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion category, one of six rooted directly in the division’s values.
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Values in Action: Meaghan Wheat receives Student Life award
Strengthening our minor in intergroup relations education
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.
Patrick Kazyak-Albaladejo Muñiz joins IGR as associate director
March 12, 2024
IGR is thrilled to welcome Patrick Kazyak-Albaladejo Muñiz as its new associate director for strategic partnerships and dissemination.
IGR announces special 2024 student research mini-grants
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.
Help unlock a $5,000 match for social justice education at U-M
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.
Exciting IGR course updates coming fall 2024
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.
On Michigan Daily podcast, Hicks talks help, harm, accountability
February 13, 2024
As 2023 came to a close, the "Pass the MiC" podcast released a special two-part conversation with Stephanie Hicks.
IGR's CommonGround to offer 8 week disability dialogue series for students this winter
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.
Patricia Gurin receives Lifetime Achievement Award
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).
IGR welcomes fall 2023 IGD Basics cohort into Community of Scholars
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.
IGR, Community Action and Social Change launch new certificate
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.
Alum Elise Jayakar on knowing yourself, finding your voice, and making change
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.
What it takes—Advancing Intergroup Dialogue to transform lives
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.
Advancing the field—Seven from IGR lead sessions at biennial national dialogue conference
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.
A Letter from the Directors
Welcome to the first newsletter of The Program on Intergroup Relations at the University of Michigan (IGR)!
A year from the IGR Scrapbook - 1997
In this feature, we share notable moments from a selected year within IGR's history.
Here's what happened in 1997...
IGR Alumni Spend Summer in Washington D. C. as White House Interns
Nora Stephens and Brittany Smith both spent a summer working in our nation's capital through the White House Internship Program. Below, Nora writes about her experience.
CommonGround Monthly Meetings Encourage Continuous Learning
by Jessica Sumney, Graduate Intern
Although our new CommonGround facilitators participate in an intensive weekend-long training retreat at the beginning of each semester, there is always more to learn about facilitating social justice education. That's why CommonGround has dedicated this semester's monthly meetings to exposing facilitators and student coordinators to the activities and exercises available in the IGR catalog.
IGR co-director Kelly Maxwell and colleagues win U-M diversity award
Fall 2013
Congratulations to IGR co-director Kelly Maxwell! Kelly, along with Amy Harris (Museum of Natural History), Martha S. Jones (Afroamerican and African Studies, History, and Law), and Shari Robinson-Lynk (Ginsberg Center), served as the co-chairs for LSA's Understanding Race Theme Semester in Winter of 2013. This month, they were awarded a 2013 U-M Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award for their tireless work and commitment.
IGR participates in U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies panel
Fall 2013
IGR's own Dr. Adrienne Dessel recently participated in a U-M Frankel Center for Judaic Studies event called Conversations on Community, Identity, and Israel: Making Sense of the Pew Portrait of Jewish Americans.