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A Monthly Message from the Dean

May 9, 2024

Dear Community,

At the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, our robust commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion for all scholars, educators, learners, and staff reflects our broad community. We are an inherently interdisciplinary program, bringing together the best minds with diverse perspectives to collaboratively solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges. Creating an inclusive environment isn’t separate from that work – it’s the very essence of it.

Since 2020, our Committee on Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion has worked to make this commitment tangible. This group of volunteer faculty, staff, and students implement new EDI-focused training, mentorship, and tutoring programs, organize social events that share the joy of each other’s cultures, develop climate surveys that ask the hard questions about our workplace and seek to improve our connections, workshop inclusive teaching practices that benefit everyone and help to create policies that merge our values with day-to-day practices.

I hope you all enjoyed the recent Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration as just one example of the ways in which we come together as a community – that was an event organized by the Committee. However, the behind-the-scenes work PME’s EDI Committee undertakes is part of the fabric of our community and goes far beyond the wonderful events in which we all engage, as you’ll see in the article in this month’s Review.

I encourage you to explore PME’s EDI page and consider how you can contribute your insights and perspectives. Together, let's continue to nurture an environment where every voice is heard, valued, and respected.

Nadya Mason

Dean, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering