Towards Understanding and Dialogue
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At DePaul, we reaffirm our support for all members of our university community and want to provide clarity on how we lead through difficult times. This website provides students, faculty, and staff with help information and resources. We will continue to update this site.
Take Care DePaul
The Take Care DePaul campaign is a commitment from all members of the DePaul community to create a safe and inclusive campus.
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Dialogue Collaborative
This interdisciplinary initiative seeks to embed principles and practices of dialogue across the DePaul community.
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Resources
The safety and well-being of the DePaul community remains our highest priority. Find a collection of on and off-campus resources for students, faculty and staff.
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Leadership Messages
President Rob invites all to a discussion on the future of higher education. ...read more
Rob Manuel President Provost Salma Ghanem and VP-DIB Dania Matos extend an invitation to a Community Care Panel to discuss the recent increase in immigration enforcement activity in Chicago. ...read more
Salma Ghanem Provost 
Dania Matos Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Vice President of Institutional Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Dania Matos announces DePaul's Human Dignity & Bias Response Team. which will receive bias reports, coordinate responses, and connect individuals with appropriate support. ...read more
Dania Matos Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging VP-DIB Dania Matos announces BUILD professional development program update and curriculum changes...read more
Dania Matos Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Incident Reporting
We are unwavering in our commitment to ensure that no acts of hatred, violence, Islamophobia, or antisemitism are tolerated in our community. DePaul will continue to investigate every reported complaint of bias. To learn more about bias incidents, please visit the Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity Human Dignity & Bias Response Team webpage.
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Support and Resources
- University Counseling and Psychological Services: Students may call 773-325-2273, option 1 | Counselors are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Division of Mission & Ministry: 773-325-7902 | Please note, the Division of Mission and Ministry includes spiritual leaders of many faiths.
- International Student & Scholar Services: 312-362-8376 | iss@depaul.edu
- Public Safety: Please know that the safety and wellbeing of our university community remains our highest priority. If you experience any threats or acts of violence, please report them immediately to Public Safety at 773-325-7777 (Lincoln Park) or 312-362-8400 (Loop).
- Lincoln Park Safety Escort Service (6 pm-6 am) 773-325 (SAFE), 773-325-7233
- We remain committed to being a university that is steadfastly devoted to academic freedom and free speech. In accordance with DePaul’s Guiding Principles for Speech and Expression [PDF], we will not condone any speech or expression that aims to threaten or intimidate members of any university community.
- We are unwavering in our commitment to ensure that no acts of hatred, violence, Islamophobia, or antisemitism are tolerated in our community. DePaul will continue to investigate every reported complaint of bias according to our Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy. To learn more about bias incidents, please visit the Office of Institutional Diversity & Equity Human Dignity & Bias Response Team webpage.
- Public Safety: Please know that the safety and wellbeing of our university community remains our highest priority. If you experience any threats or acts of violence, please report them immediately to Public Safety at 773-325-7777 (Lincoln Park) or 312-362-8400 (Loop).
- Employee Assistance Program: 1-800-621-4124 | DePaul employees can call for guidance, resources, or to speak to a counselor one-on-one.
- Facilitating difficult conversations
- BUILD Diversity Certificate | The BUILD Diversity Certificate program reflects DePaul University's commitment to create a learning culture that values diversity and inclusion.
- DePaul accords academic freedom a prominent position as an integral part of the university’s scholarly and religious heritage. We will ensure that events, research, teaching, and speech are protected for all groups who are represented in our community, in accordance with our commitment to academic freedom.
Towards Understanding and Dialogue