University
New name for Institute for Social Concerns reflects expanded research, teaching, and partnerships
The Center for Social Concerns will now be called the Institute for Social Concerns. The name change signals its status as a scholarly unit with faculty from various departments, colleges, and schools whose activities contribute to a comprehensive, multifaceted interdisciplinary mission.
“University institutes are one of the ways in which the University thinks as an institution. They bring faculty and students together for multidisciplinary teaching and research that is often imaginative and daring.” —Vice President and Associate Provost Maura Ryan