One initiative led by the Office of the Provost is to elevate the academic quality and reputation at MSU. By aligning that initiative with the university’s 2030 DEI strategic theme and the development of the DEI Report and Plan, the office created the 1855 Professorships. These professorships were developed to form a cross-disciplinary group of professors to work together to advance MSU’s DEI objectives, enhance collaborations campuswide and foster new partnerships.

In early December, the inaugural roster of 1855 Professorship recipients, faculty and guests joined for a dinner in the Michigan State University Club Fireplace Room.

• Guanqun Cao, associate professor, Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering and Department of Statistics and Probability, College of Natural Science – 1855 professor of algorithmic bias

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