We invite you to browse this report, compiled by Doctoral Student Fellows Burcu Özdemir and Megan C. Henriquez, and guided by Dr. Christina Katopodis, Senior Mellon Researcher. It celebrates a year of exciting research, engaged teaching, and equitable leadership – a culmination of the Futures Initiative’s first decade of “advancing equity and innovation in higher education.” Everything about our program is designed to empower the next generation of leaders. As you will see from the work in this 10th Anniversary issue of our annual report, the future is in good hands.

None of the Futures Initiative’s activities would be possible without the generous support of the Graduate Center administration, and especially President Joshua Brumberg, Interim Provost Norman Carey, and Dean Monica Varsanyi. We also thank our distinguished faculty fellows and our advisory board. Finally, we are grateful for the support of the Mellon Foundation as well as to individual donors who have given so generously. It is heartwarming and inspiring in these times that so many people have come together to contribute to this vision of a better future, not only for higher education but for society at large.