The “friendly neighborhood designated driver," Macy Brown is turning a fundraising idea for her study abroad trip into a safety resource for female-identifying students on campus: She's Not Here, a ridesharing service.
In April of 2021, the University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward submitted its recommendation letter for the renaming of 10 buildings. The next group in the process, the Chancellor’s Committee to Review History and Race Commission Resolution, recently submitted its recommendations to Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz for the building renaming.
In its Monday meeting, the University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward welcomed Danielle Hiraldo, the director of the American Indian Center, as its newest member. The Commission also provided updates on Barbee Cemetery and the Unsung Founders Memorial, two ongoing projects.
As Dean Beth Mayer-Davis passes the two-month mark of leading UNC’s Graduate School, University Senior Writer Madi Kirkman sat down with her to discuss the first nine weeks and plans for the future; they cover UNC's discontinued GRE testing requirement, grad-student diversity, and more.
This fall brings the first academic year that a full campus of undergraduate students will have never walked past the Silent Sam statue. Alumni and community members involved in the reversal of the $2.5 million Silent Sam settlement gathered this past week to reflect on the case. "Even though progress might be slow, over the long term, it is possible to implement change in a system that seems so resistant to change," Walter Jackson, chairperson of UNC's Black Pioneers and a 1967 UNC alumnus, said.
This Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Stone Center Theater, the Alliance — a collaborative entity among the four academic and community engagement centers on campus— will hold its first event, the Alliance Directors’ Conversation.
After a concerned mother reached out to researchers at UNC about the impact of the war in Ukraine on children with autism, a team at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute developed a toolkit of evidence-based resources to help these children cope.
UNC is planning to tear down the Naval Armory on campus to make room for a new Institute for Convergent Science, according to a campus plan released in 2019. Many NROTC alumni and students, however, are speaking out against the University’s plan, citing the historical significance of the building and the comradery it allows students.
UNC’s LGBTQ Center is hosting Queer FallFest on Monday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., which promotes queer-affirming and queer-centric organizations on campus while giving students an opportunity to connect with them and fellow students.
UNC will pay Nikole Hannah-Jones $74,999 to resolve legal matters related to her tenure case last year, according to the University's settlement with Hannah-Jones that was released today.
On Monday, June 13, the University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward discussed the upcoming Universities Studying Slavery consortium that UNC will be hosting in spring 2023.
