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and harassment </a></li> <li><a href="https://president.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/CEPR_FINAL_12-2-16.pdf">Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming (Witt report, 2016) (PDF)</a></li> <li><a href="https://yalecollege.yale.edu/deans-office/reports/report-committee-freedom-expression-yale">Committee on Freedom of Expression at Yale (Woodward report, 1974)</a></li> <li><a href="https://faculty.yale.edu/diversity/faculty-excellence-and-diversity-initiative/faculty-excellence-and-diversity-initiative">Faculty Excellence and Diversity Initiative: Annual Updates</a></li> <li><a href="https://secretary.yale.edu/services-resources/land-acknowledgment-statements">Land Acknowledgement statements</a></li> <li><a href="https://provost.yale.edu/title-ix/reports">Sexual Misconduct and Title IX</a></li> <li><a href="https://oir.yale.edu/">Office of Institutional Research facts and data</a></li> <li>belonging at yale: 2022 report</li> </ul> <h2>Policies</h2> <ul class="column-links"> <li><a 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Program</a></li> <li><a href="https://fgli.yalecollege.yale.edu">First-generation low-income at yale</a></li> <li><a href="https://medicine.yale.edu/diversity/">Yale School of Medicine - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gRwHVKv7rTmBqC26q26jdNnjA3uZrB-KmdOxHtuGyLg/edit">Interfaith Vigil Resource List</a></li> </ul> <h2>Statements by President Salovey</h2> <ul class="column-links"> <li><a href="https://president.yale.edu/president/statements/building-stronger-and-more-inclusive-yale">Building a Stronger and More Inclusive Yale, October 14, 2020</a></li> <li><a href="https://president.yale.edu/president/statements/building-stronger-and-more-inclusive-yale">Actions to address discrimination, harassment; create a more inclusive yale, April 9, 2019</a></li> <li><a href="https://president.yale.edu/speeches-writings/statements/yale-college-s-admissions-policies">Yale College’s admissions policies, September 26, 2018</a></li> <li><a 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