Despite North Carolina's 72-69 loss in the 2022 national championship game, many UNC students and community members enjoyed the game surrounded by a sea of Carolina blue at a watch party held in the Dean E. Smith Center.
A crowd of students and community members gathered in the Dean E. Smith Center to watch the historic North Carolina men's basketball matchup against Duke in the Final Four.
Some UNC students are gearing up to go to New Orleans and watch the men's basketball team take on Duke in its Final Four matchup. "Like when is the last time Coach K is going to play his last game in the Final Four against UNC?" sophomore Adam Castiller said. "Quite literally never.”
Photographer Cornell Watson's "Tarred Healing" project is a reflection of Black history through places, people and systems in Chapel Hill and at the University. Twelve days after the display at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History was initially canceled, the center went back on the decision on March 1 — without consulting Watson — before canceling it for the final time the next day. “Who plans and schedules an exhibition without the artist?" Watson said. "No one, ever.”
In June, photographer Cornell Watson was offered an artist residency at the Stone Center to create a body of work that captured spaces of memory for Black history. He created a project called "Tarred Healing." The photo story was planned to be put on display in the Stone Center, which recently canceled the exhibition, citing "disagreements over content and scope" and that the project has been published in The Washington Post. But to Watson, the decision was censorship. "All they had to do was just put the photos up," he said.
Robert Smith III is leaving his current role as associate chairperson for administration in the Department of Neurology at the UNC School of Medicine. He will take on the role of vice dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health on Feb. 28.
Junior Lamar Richards' term as student body president will come to an end in April. As the junior public policy and human organizational leadership and development double major reflected on his time in office, he wants to share a message with the UNC community. “Measure failure only in the context of things that you did not attempt," Richards said. "Always keep that in mind. You don’t have to succeed, but you have to try.”
UNC senior Azaria Woods started her baking business at 11 years old. Now, Cupcake Craze by Azaria delights the UNC community with its variety of treats including cupcakes, dipped pretzels, cookies and cake pops.
Juan Álamo was recently appointed as a distinguished term associate professor in Latin American studies at UNC. In his new role, he aims to approach the instrument he primarily plays, the marimba, from a more global perspective. "I love what I do," he said. "If I were to be born a hundred times again, I would be a musician.”
The UNC Board of Governors met for the first time this semester on Thursday and discussed the UNC System's five-year strategic plan, which is in its final year.
DTH screenshot. Alice E. Marwick, associate professor in the department of communications, speaks at the Hettleman Talks on Nov. 9.
