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Forty years ago, the Commission on the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (CWRIC) hearings were held on Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø’s Main Campus. This week, Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø will commemorate the anniversary of the hearings with a special Japanese American Redress Conference, which will feature artists, activists and scholars from across the country to examine the significance and influence of the CWRIC hearings as well as how racism continues to impact non-white Americans. Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø also named Kamau Rashid as Founding Director of the Ed.D. in Urban Education and Latinx/o/a Heritage Month is underway. Read the latest Vaccine Incentive Program and COVID-19 updates and more in this week’s Noteworthy at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø.

Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø Illinois University is pleased to welcome its new Executive Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Dr. Shireen Roshanravan. NEIU is also excited to announce a new partnership with four other Illinois schools to create a more diverse and equitable data science workforce through the Metropolitan Chicago Data-science Corps. Plus, two faculty members published books, several presented on various topics and so many exciting events are happening next week. Read about all this and more in Noteworthy at Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø. 

When U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez chose not to seek reelection in 2018, he donated his Congressional archives to Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø The Luis V. Gutiérrez Congressional Archives, which contain 41 linear feet of documents, awards, letters and other paraphernalia, is now available for online viewing.

Å·²©ÓÎÏ·¹ÙÍø Illinois University has awarded tenure and promotions to associate professor to nine members of the faculty, who were introduced during the April 15 Board of Trustees meeting.