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UNC's Black Student Movement created a welcome video for newly admitted Black students to encouragement enrollment. Photo Courtesy of Black Student Movement

Black Student Movement makes video to increase enrollment of Black students

By Casey Quam | February 5

In the past seven years, the enrollment numbers for students who identify as Black, white and Hispanic have all decreased. Minority student groups are ...

'For all kind'? A group of Black UNC alumni don't think so.

By Jessica Snouwaert | February 1

“It is disappointing to have our respectful pleas fall on deaf ears,” activist and minister Michelle Cotton Laws said in a statement. A group of Black ...

Variety of philosophy textbooks available in the Davis Library.

Are UNC's syllabi excluding underrepresented groups?

By Eva Ellenburg | January 31

"If you do have a diverse syllabus, then I've noticed, in fact, students feel more emboldened to speak and to contribute, and they feel like whatever ...

Unanimous vote by student senate shows support for Latinx center

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | January 29

The undergraduate senate unanimously passed a resolution stating their support for a new Latinx center on campus during their session on Jan. 16. The ...

Students gathered on the steps of Wilson Library to attend a vigil honoring the lost and threatened lives in the transgender community on Transgender Day of Remembrance in 2015.

U.S. violence against transgender community is the highest it's ever been

By Emma Boggess | December 5

The transgender community experienced the highest level of fatal violence this year than ever recorded in the United States, according to the Human Rights ...

Q&A with Shaw University professor about diversity in computer science

By Ryan Smoot | November 28

Shaw University Professor Lloyd Williams is trying to bring diversity into computer science — an industry disproportionately dominated by white or Asian-American ...

Kansas State University hopes to inspire colleges nationwide with diversity event

By Emma Boggess | November 15

Kansas State University cancelled classes and closed offices for two hours Tuesday afternoon so faculty and students could participate in a campus-wide ...

APIAutumn empowers Asian American community through month of events

By Ramishah Maruf | October 24

Whether it be through movie screenings or food trivia, the month of events for the Asian and Pacific Islander American Autumn aims to empower and unify ...

MSA helps ease the transition for Middle Eastern refugees

By Charlie McGee | September 21

Living in a nation that has become entrenched in racial division, UNC Muslim Student Association Community Service Chair Rizk Alghorazi sees it as his ...

Edwidge Danticat (left) and Joseph Jordan (right), Director of Stone Center,  talk to the audience at the 25th Annual Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture.

Haitian author Edwidge Danticat calls for togetherness

By Lorcan Farrell | September 20

Weaving a story of refugees, her own immigration and the world that her daughters must live in today, Edwidge Danticat, an activist and storyteller, delivered ...

Community discusses racial issues in the school system

By Doug Dubrowski | September 17

Parents, students, teachers and leaders of the school district gathered Saturday afternoon to share their experiences and grievances regarding racial ...

Floraffiti and youth collaborators receive awards for project

By Samantha Yi | September 17

A group of students from diverse backgrounds gathered at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens on Saturday afternoon to read a poem they collaborated ...

UNC: Rich in diversity or just plain rich?

By Brinley Lowe | June 13

The breakdown of UNC’s incoming class doesn’t vary much year to year. The percentage of out-of-state students always hovers at around 18 percent—where ...

Salem College stages week-long sit-in for diversity

By Bailey Aldridge | April 24

Salem College students staged a week-long sit-in, which ended April 18, to call for greater diversity, better conditions on campus and decreased transphobia. ...

Legislature elects 12 new members to UNC-system Board of Governors

By Carina McDermed | April 12

Twelve new members will be introduced in the UNC-system Board of Governors in July — the majority of whom are white and Republican.

OJ McGhee is the Instructional Media Services Manager in the Gillings School of Public Health.

'We still have more to do': UNC minority faculty tops peer group at 11 percent

By Cain Twyman | April 9

Though UNC ranks among the highest of its peer institutions in terms of diversity, many still see room for improvement in the percentage of faculty of ...

Ek Taal, a Bharthanatyum dance group, performs at Journey into Asia last spring.

'A family instead of just a dance team': Ek Taal prepares for next year

By Kamilla Rekvényi | March 2

Hemali Oza, a junior environmental science and engineering student and captain of the Ek Taal dance team, has been dancing since seventh grade and was ...

Black male enrollment at UNC hasn’t risen above 125 in a new class since 2009

By Colleen Moir | February 27

For Chris Faison, the key to raising graduation and retention rates for male students of color lies in professional resources and listening to what the ...

Ephesus Elementary kicks off Black History Month celebrations

By Lauren Talley | February 1

Ephesus Elementary School in Chapel Hill will celebrate Black History Month in February by engaging students in an array of activities and projects.

Ayoub Ouederni, president of the Muslim Students' Association, expressed concern regarding President Trump's recent executive order banning immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Q&A with UNC Muslim Students Association's Ayoub Ouederni

By Preston Lennon | February 1

Ayoub Ouederni is the president of the UNC Muslim Students Association. Staff Writer Preston Lennon spoke with him about what UNC MSA is doing in light ...