Patricia Parker, an Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of Faculty Diversity Initiatives in the College of Arts and Sciences, has won a 2014 University Diversity Award.
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Three women at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received University Awards for the Advancement of Women in honor of their dedication to the empowerment of women. The awards, created in 2006, go to one faculty member, one staff member and one student, graduate student or postdoctoral scholar.
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UNC associate professor of music David Garcia will examine how black music’s African origins was understood in the mid-20th century with a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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Ten Carolina students presented their original research at the inaugural McCain African and Diaspora Student Undergraduate Research Conference Feb. 28-March 1 at UNC. Students learned that engaging in research helps them move from being consumers of knowledge to becoming producers of knowledge.
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Feminist poet, writer, photographer and social activist Margaret Randall will read from her new poems and talk about the writing process March 19 at noon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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UNC’s Digital Innovation Lab (DIL) began working with the Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies at North Carolina State University two years ago to map the migration and settlement of hundreds of families in North Carolina cities a century ago from what is now Lebanon, but was then a part of the Ottoman Empire.
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Roberto Quercia, winner of the 2013 C. Felix Harvey Award, will use the money that came with the prize to develop a training academy that prepares middle and high school coaches to support academic success among male athletes of color.
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Three students in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen to receive the Martin Luther King Jr. UNC Student Scholarship, an award given annually to students who not only excel academically, but who embody King’s commitment to civil and human rights in their contributions to the community.
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Details from the lives of black artisans in North Carolina, unseen for more than 100 years, are being discovered by UNC students using digital resources …
A documentary about Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Horace Carter and his stand against racism airs Thursday, Jan. 9 at 10 p.m. on UNC-TV. It was produced by the Center for the Study of the American South.
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