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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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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The Ackland will also be hosting several public programs related to the exhibition, including a curator’s tour, mural walk and Juneteenth event.
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Velez's recent project, titled "Of the Air," examines how humanity is both dependent and disconnected from the natural world and environment. “On a grander scale, with Mother Nature herself, we are sort of at the mercy of all of these elements,” Velez said.
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Flying Silk Dance Troupe is the University’s only traditional Chinese dance group. Specializing in fan and silk ribbon dancing, the group has performed its new choreography, "Dawn," at various showcases this year. "Our mission statement has always been to spread awareness and educate the Carolina community on the diversity of Chinese culture, especially through dance," junior Seanna Chen said.
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Recently released records show that the scope of the University's inquiry into the emails of journalism school faculty and staff may have been larger than previously thought. Journalism school associate professor Ryan Thornburg calculated that the inquiry might have targeted up to 22 people — and the records show that UNC officials requested access to emails and hard-drive backups. “It indicates that this was not just a performance for donors," Thornburg said. “It indicates that there was some real effort that was put into going deeper after the surface was scratched. Somebody said, ‘That’s not enough.’”
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Engagement Bettina Shuford was recognized by "Diverse: Issues In Higher Education" for its Women's History month issue. Shuford's work at UNC centers on diversity, equity and inclusion, identity development of students of color and retention of students of color.
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This Carolina Latinx Faculty Council held its first official meeting on April 8. Created within the Carolina Latinx Center, the council consists of faculty from a wide array of disciplines who share the goal of bringing awareness and fellowship to the Latinx community at the University.
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Rapper Flo Milli was the headliner for the Carolina Union Activities Board's Jubilee 2022 on Saturday. Typically held annually, Jubilee is the University’s biggest concert hosted by CUAB. “I was really excited," Ta'Mecha Robinson, a junior UNC student who attended the concert, said. "I really felt like I was missing out on something and finally got it back."
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The June Yom Student Award is a $2,500 grant for an individual student looking to conduct research, work on an artistic project or take an unpaid internship with a focus on Asian American communities and studies. Lee will be using the grant to write her first chapbook a small poetry book ranging from about 15 to 30 pages.
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At their April 4 meeting, Faculty Executive Committee members continued their conversation on faculty salary inequities, and also spoke about the University's inquiry into journalism faculty emails regarding the $25 million Hussman school donor agreement.
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In addition to the “I Was Here: Postcards from the Pandemic,” exhibit, Arts Everywhere Day included an Asian Pacific Islander Desi American student art exhibit and a Poetry Fox event.
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The BOG also discussed changes to out-of-state undergraduate enrollment caps and funding approvals for capital projects — including UNC-Chapel Hill's innovation hub.
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University Libraries recently received a $2 million endowment from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to support Wilson Library’s Special Collections, particularly the Southern Historical Collection. The Southern Historical Collection at Wilson Library hosts over 5,000 distinct archival collections and primary documents on topics like communities and families, business and labor, slavery and Civil Rights activism.
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