The University of Colorado will host the 29th Diversity and Inclusion Summit at its Boulder campus Tuesday and Wednesday.

The event will offer “workshops and interactive experiences to help reduce fear and uncertainty, learn on many levels, and develop skills and tools for effective inclusive practices,” according to the Office of Diversity, Equity & Community Engagement.

Some of the topics of the 40-plus sessions include inclusive faculty hiring, religious diversity, and the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case challenging DACA on Tuesday.)

The Times-Call reported that in previous years, discussions turned to current events with a nexus to diversity, including police shootings of black men and the 2016 election.

“At CU, we all benefit from a diverse student body. I want everyone to feel valued, as well as intellectually challenged on campus,” said Regent Heidi Ganahl. “Learning to understand those who are different from yourself – from race to sexual orientation to worldview and upbringing – students benefit from learning alongside those with different experiences and perspectives.”

An analysis from the higher education consulting company College Factual found that the diversity of CU-Boulder slightly exceeds that of the country’s college population as a whole. More than two-thirds of students are white, 56% are male, and 47% of faculty are female.

Earlier this year, the university was embroiled in controversy when the now-president, Mark R. Kennedy, justified his past anti-LGBT positions as a Republican congressman. Kennedy said he had “evolved” on the issue.