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- ↑ "Dennis A. Mitchell". New York State Dental Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ "Dennis Mitchell to Serve as Interim Provost". Columbia News. 19 October 2023.
- ↑ "Three Black Scholars Who Have Been Appointed University Provosts". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 15 May 2023.
- ↑ "Columbia Makes $100 Million Investment in Diversity". Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. 2017-12-06.
- ↑ Gill, Dia. "Dennis Mitchell appointed to executive vice president of University Life after decades of diversity and inclusion work". Columbia Daily Spectator.
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