The award recognizes colleges and universities demonstrating outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.
UNC School of Medicine was recognized for its robust diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) framework, centered on five pillars: Infrastructure, Curriculum and Scholarship, Access and Success, Workplace Climate and Inter/Intragroup relations, and Community Engagement.
It was praised for multiple initiatives that expand opportunities to generate and train the next generation of physicians and scientists and its programs to help improve medical care for all communities across the state of North Carolina, including the traditionally underserved.
Learn more about the contributions to UNC School of Medicine’s DEI efforts happening at the Thurston Arthritis Research Center (TARC), as well as DEI resources offered at TARC via this link.