Diversity

Bloomington’s O’Neil Park and Pool project won’t be ready to open this summer as originally planned.City parks and recreation director Eric Veal says construction lost a few months to unexpected on-site problems with the ground.

The new president of the McLean County India Association wants to bring the group back to life after nearly three years of dormancy due to COVID-19.

The display of a Confederate flag outside University High School in Normal did not go down well with other students. One took down the flag. Several reported it. In-school social messaging platforms blew up. The Black Student Union at the high school issued a statement condemning the act as an "obscenity."

Students at Illinois State University will soon be required to complete at least one course focused on issues of inclusion, diversity and equity in the U.S. before they can graduate.

Cecilia Ruffin recently became the Multicultural Leadership Institute's executive director. While volunteering in the Bloomington-Normal community for decades has been a key focus in Ruffin's life, she shares what keeps her grounded and why she devotes her time to being engaged in her community.

A group that represents 250 engineering firms in the state says it's excited about Illinois State University's decision to start a College of Engineering.

The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a new College of Engineering at Illinois State University on Tuesday.

Minority students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields face an unfair expectation to shoulder institutionalized racism, according to one researcher specializing in those areas.

Bloomington Police say they will try harder to hire more women officers over the next decade.

The panel discussion, “A Local Look at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI),” was hosted by the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s Women to Women Giving Circle on Tuesday evening at the Illinois State University Alumni Center.