Stories: Loyola University Chicago

Strengthening Skills and Building Community Among Students and Teachers Underrepresented in STEM

Segregation. Systemic racism. The index of dissimilarity. These are the topics you'll find on D'Juan James' syllabus for his high school algebra class.

Creating Pathways to STEM Careers for Black and Latinx Students

STEM careers are growing fast. People of color have long been underrepresented in those careers. A series of programs and initiatives, collectively known as Project SOUL, aims to close the gap.

The Black Europe Symposium 2023: Who Defines Blackness?

“Blackness may look different, but it’s the same no matter where you go.” - Founding Dean of the Institute for Racial Justice, Malik S. Henfield, PhD

Driving Innovation and Economic Equity for a Better World at Leading for Good 2023

On April 5, 2023, Wintrust Hall was packed to capacity with more than 200 business leaders, scholars, and staff across the disciplines from Loyola and the Chicagoland area for the spring Leading for Good conference.

Postdoctoral Fellow Profile: Kwabena Krah

When reflecting on the best advice he’s ever received, Postdoctoral Fellow for the Institute for Racial Justice (IRJ), Kwabena Krah, credits his brother. He remembers his brother’s words: “You can do this. I believe in you. You’re smart and should stay in school.”

Postdoctoral Fellow Profile: Meghna Chandra

Everything is interconnected, Meghna Chandra, Institute for Racial Justice (IRJ) postdoctoral fellow, passionately shares -- and this is a guiding light for her work. When reflecting on her other sources of inspiration, she points to the peace movement, W.E.B. DuBois, and the ability to drive ideas through teaching and learning.

Postdoctoral Fellow Profile: Farzaneh Khayat

Centering environmental racism is not a choice in the pursuit of innovating anti-racist solutions – it's a necessity. This is what Farzaneh Khayat, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Racial Justice, emphasizes with deep certainty.