01/13/2022

Fourth-year student in the College among recipients of University of Chicago 2022 Diversity Leadership Awards

UCHICAGO

Each year, as part of its annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, the University of Chicago honors faculty, students, staff and alumni who have demonstrated a commitment to following in King’s footsteps by fostering equality and justice on campus and around the world.

This year’s recipients of the University’s Diversity Leadership Awards are Prof. Doriane C. Miller, alum Grace Chan McKibben, AB’90, AM’90, recently retired staff member Cynthia Cook Conley, graduate student Radhika Santhanagopalan and Dinah Clottey, a fourth-year student in the College.

They will be recognized during the University’s MLK Commemoration Celebration, which will be held on Feb. 21.

This story was first published by The College at the University of Chicago.

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