As the student coordinator of the UNC-Chapel Hill Gender Non-Specific Housing Coalition, Kevin Claybren advocated for inclusive, accessible and safe housing options on campus. He is the winner of the 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship.
Claybren wins Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Read More »
PlayMakers Repertory Company offers audiences two insightful looks at race and the meaning of home in productions of “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Clybourne Park,” to be performed in rotating repertory Jan. 26 to March 3.
PlayMakers presents ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ with ‘Clybourne Park’ Read More »
The Spanish for the Professions Minor in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences prepares students for bilingual careers in the business, communications and healthcare professions.
Engaged Learning: Spanish for the Professions Read More »
Carolina students taking Spanish can thank Duke Buchan III ’85 and his early obsession with the World Book Encyclopedia for innovative learning experiences that make the language more relevant than ever.
Carolina y el Espanol: Small town dream, big global impact Read More »
When Jonathan Boyarin started attending Stanton Street Shul, a small Manhattan synagogue, he and his wife were two of the youngest members. Over its hundred-year history, the narrow building at 180 Stanton Street has been a home base for several generations of Jewish immigrants and children of immigrants.
Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul Read More »
Professor Eunice Sahle’s first love is teaching. A recipient of a 2011 Student Undergraduate Teaching Award, she is known for encouraging independent thought in the classroom.
Sahle pushes for positive changes Read More »
Anthropologist Valerie Lambert has heard many of the stereotypes about American Indians before. But instead of shying away from the misperceptions, Lambert, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation, encourages students to discuss them.
Valerie Lambert: Championing an honest portrayal of American Indians Read More »
Darius Love, a 2012 political science graduate and Kenan Moral Purpose Award winner, reflects on the value of his liberal arts education in the essay, “Little Fish, Big Pond.”
Darius Love ’12 reflects on his UNC liberal arts education Read More »
Heather Williams, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellowship to support her work on a documentary film on Jamaican immigrants. New Directions Fellowships assist faculty members in the humanities who seek to acquire training outside their disciplines. According to
Mellon Fellowship will support UNC historian’s documentary on Jamaican immigrants Read More »
UNC historian Heather Williams tells the stories of slave members’ search for lost family members after the Civil War in her new book, “Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery.”
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