Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives

Campus Partners

Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Diversity

The Office of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity (AAEOD) ensures the University’s commitment and responsibility to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive working and learning community. Our work is guided by compliance with the University’s non-discrimination policies in addition to state and federal laws and regulations related to equal opportunity and affirmative action.

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Disability Services

Disability Services for Students works with students and all units of URI to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and accessible environment. We work with you, our students, to support academic success and self-advocacy.

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Multicultural Student Services Center

The URI Multicultural Center (MCC) is a place dedicated to developing a supportive and inclusive campus culture across the boundaries of culture, identity, and discipline. Celebrating unity in diversity, the Multicultural Center invites all of it’s students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and other friends to join in its work in creating a community of learners within and beyond URI.

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Community, Equity, and Diversity

The Office of Community, Equity, and Diversity (CED) is dedicated to promoting a campus culture and community where you are welcomed, respected and valued for who you are. To achieve this mission, the has developed a strategic plan aimed at recruitment, retention, and institutional transformation.

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Gender and Sexuality Center

The University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Sexuality Center is a cultural department that allows students, faculty, and staff to explore and affirm their multiple and intersecting identities, especially surrounding gender and sexuality.

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Rhody Outpost Food Pantry

Food insecurity is a real challenge on college campuses today. The Rhody Outpost food pantry was created to help address this issue at URI. The pantry provides food and other items at no charge to students, along with services and resources.

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Women’s Center

The URI Women’s Center partners with others in the URI community to provide an empowering space which promotes social justice for every member of the community, regardless of gender, gender identity, body, ability, sexual orientation, race, spirituality, and ethnicity.

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