The University of Rochester has received the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. The award honors colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine says they selected UR specifically for their on- and off-campus equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts, its involvement with, and mentorship of, diverse student organizations, and its ongoing efforts to recruit, retain, and support diverse faculty, students, and staff.

“Receiving the 2020 HEED Award is a wonderful recognition of our institution’s efforts,” said University of Rochester president Sarah C. Mangelsdorf. “I am particularly proud that with all the challenges facing us this year, from the COVID-19 pandemic to safely restarting our academic enterprise, we have not lost sight of our priorities around equity, diversity, and inclusion.”

UR will be featured in the November 2020 issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

“We are deeply honored to receive the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award,” said Mercedes Ramírez Fernández, the University of Rochester’s Richard Feldman vice president for equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer. “While we recognize that we have much to do as an institution, the HEED award highlights the University’s ongoing commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.”