Patricia Rosenmeyer named director for the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies
By Keerthana Gotur | May. 3Effective July 1, UNC classics professor Patricia Rosenmeyer will be the director of the Carolina Center for Jewish studies.
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Effective July 1, UNC classics professor Patricia Rosenmeyer will be the director of the Carolina Center for Jewish studies.
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Effective July 1, UNC classics professor Patricia Rosenmeyer will be the director of the Carolina Center for Jewish studies.
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At The Daily Tar Heel, it was another year of covering breaking news while in class, studying for exams between finishing print pages and navigating the lines between being a student and a journalist. These are some of the many questions the DTH strives to ask in order to hold the University accountable. That is and has been our promise to readers. We have our own unanswered questions and we’ve dealt with our own challenges this year. But one thing is for sure: The DTH will strive to continue being a publication that pushes the boundaries of journalism to their furthest limits.
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As the semester wrapped up, Editor-in-Chief Praveena Somasundaram spoke with Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz about the triumphs and challenges of the academic year, concerns focusing on mental health and transparency, and what UNC has in store for next year.
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UNC alumna Niki and her sister Ritika Shamdasani are the co-founders of Sani, a South Asian-inspired fashion company. The duo recognized the need for increased accessibility for South Asian clothing.
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Members of Lauds, an indie-rock band from Wilmington, share a love of music, their hometown, and UNC basketball. The band has released two EPs in the last year, Holt III said, and is currently in the works of writing and producing their first studio album. They work with Fort Lowell Records, a Wilmington-based indie-rock record label.
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The Marching Tar Heels is a group of around 275 students who perform at UNC sports events. This season, 29 students were chosen to play during the NCAA Tournament, which took them all the way to New Orleans as the UNC basketball team made its way to the title game.
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For the past four years, senior Daniel Wood has portrayed UNC's mascot, Rameses, cheering on the Tar Heels on the field, as well as during hospital visits, birthday parties and charity events. And he's not leaving the Ram Team just yet. After graduation this spring, he will become UNC’s mascot coach — the first one ever at the University. “He's given me meaning, allowed me to connect with thousands of people that whether it's across small events, football games or whatever," Wood said. "There's a memory that's being made and it's a real privilege to be a part of that.”
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For the first time in three years, UNC Holi Moli held an in-person celebration of Holi, the South Asian festival of colors, on campus.
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David Routh, vice chancellor for development, will step down from his position after the Campaign for Carolina ends later this year, the University announced in a campus-wide email Monday.
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Earlier this month, Provost Chris Clemens announced that the campus tents will be removed after Commencement, which is on May 8.
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On March 7, UNC lifted the mask mandate for most University indoor spaces. Since then, the University's reported positive cases on the COVID-19 dashboard remained consistently low, until the end of March.
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On Wednesday, UNC seniors wrapped around the lawn of the Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower to sign their names on the inside wall, which has been a tradition at the University since 2003. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, UNC seniors wrapped around the lawn of the Bell Tower to sign their names on the inside wall, which has been a tradition at the University since 2003. The climb is 128 steps. “It's definitely something that I've looked forward to, and now that I've been able to do it, it's kind of a cap on my career here," senior Cade Darnell said.
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The UNC Board of Governors recently announced that standardized test scores will not be required from prospective applicants through fall 2024.
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In addition to growing COVID-19 case numbers, members spoke about the recent University inquiry into journalism school faculty members' emails and hard-drive backups regarding the Hussman donor agreement.
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There are significant racial and gender-based inequities within faculty salaries at the University, recent research shows. The research was based on data from previous studies and was led by Misha Becker, a UNC professor and chairperson of the linguistics department. She presented the work at recent Faculty Council and Faculty Executive Committee meetings. “You have to realize that the situation is bad when a faculty committee has to point this out in a public space,” Deb Aikat, journalism associate professor, said. “I mean this is terrible.”
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The University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward was founded in 2019 to engage and teach the University’s history with race. At their Monday meeting, commission members discussed the UNC Land Acknowledgment, the Barbee Cemetery ground-penetrating radar survey and the Universities Studying Slavery Spring 2022 Symposium.
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The Carolina Veterans Resource Center is offering the Boot Print to Heel Print Summer Bridge Award to UNC students with military backgrounds. The deadline to apply for the 2022 Boot Print to Heel Print Summer Bridge Award is on April 27 at 5 p.m. EST.
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The projects include expanding OverDrive's ebook and audiobook collection, digitizing Black and queer newspapers and more.
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A first-year master's student at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Alex M. Sanchez is currently working on a documentary film about her family's history of immigration, titled “A Visual Anthology of Me.” Sanchez is one of three recipients of Arts Everywhere's 2022 Student Arts Innovation Grant.
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The University has decided to build the UNC School of Data Science and Society, which is projected to fully launch in fall 2022. The new addition plans to unite current data science research and resources at UNC to give students an opportunity to pursue a degree in data science.
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