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The "funeral" came a day before trustees from Ohio's 26 public colleges and universities will meet in Columbus for an annual conference hosted by the Ohio Department of Education. This year, trustees will learn how to comply with Senate Bill 1.

The shuttering of the AACRC, which opened its doors in 1991 after a decades-long push by UC's Black student organizations, sent shockwaves through the university's Black community.

Students at the University of Cincinnati say they won't let new restrictions on universities stop them from organizing and hosting their annual Big Queer Welcome this fall.

University of Cincinnati trustees approved changes to the university's policies related to diversity, equity, and inclusion to comply with Ohio's Senate Bill 1.

The move to close the centers to comply with Senate Bill 1 comes after other major universities in Ohio have closed their diversity, equity and inclusion offices and ended their multicultural, women's and LGBTQ+ centers.

On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, local journalists join us to talk about the big stories from recent days.

The Department of Education sent letters to state education organizations and local districts in early April to certify compliance with the administration's interpretation of civil rights law or risk losing federal funding.

The new laws take effect at the end of June.

Activists who fought to kill the bill say Gov. Mike DeWine's signature isn't the final word.

The Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky also were listed as schools under investigation over what the department claims to be racial discrimination.