Five members of UChicago community receive Diversity Leadership Awards
Jan 12, 2021 Faculty, alumni, staff and student winners to be recognized during 2021 MLK commemoration
Every year, the University of Chicago honors members of the UChicago community who demonstrate leadership and a sustained commitment to justice and equality. In addition to faculty, alumni and staff, this year’s Diversity Leadership Awards also recognize the contributions of UChicago students.
This year’s recipients are Prof. Anita Blanchard, MD’90; Rami Nashashibi, AM’98, PhD’11; Jessica Jaggers of Chicago Booth; and UChicago students Nova Smith and Demetrius Johnson Jr. They will be honored Jan. 12 during a virtual celebration of UChicago’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration.
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An $8 million donation from a North Chicago drugmaker is intended to reduce health care disparities in Black communities on the South Side.
AbbVie’s donation, announced Wednesday, will boost efforts by University of Chicago Medicine’s Urban Health Initiative to build relationships with community leaders and organizations, with the goal of improving the quality of care for South Side residents.
Most of the money will go toward hiring 14 community health workers who will stay connected with patients once they leave the hospital or primary care office. Those workers will be part of the new Liaison in Care program, who help keep patients educated about their care.
BLACK CAUCUS BACKS MADIGAN MERRY VAX-MAS! LIGHTFOOT DINGS D.C. GOP EYES GOLDBERG DURBIN’s DOUBLE DUTY
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Happy Thursday, Illinois. Relax Democrats, says POLITICO’s John F. Harris,
The Illinois House Legislative Black Caucus announced late Wednesday night that it s sticking with
Michael Madigan as speaker, even as he struggles to hold onto a majority of members in the wake of concerns about his connection to a corruption scandal.
Madigan hasn’t been charged, but the looming scandal has touched people in his orbit and in turn been a distraction, some members of the full House have said, putting his position as speaker in jeopardy.
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bob: the cool van. dana: they put it on the white house briefing room the press would gather on the pool. dana: that is the point. what does he care? eric: here is what i would have asked him. president obama going on a guys weekend, just goog the names he went with. i did it. and i found tony chase, big-time houston businessman who $35,500 per plate fundraisers for president obama. and carroll, board member of halliburton. did you know that? he crushes the oil companies but this one eric whitaker a long-time friend of president obama runs the u.h.i., urban