DIVERSITY AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

11/27/2018 7:22pm

Chapel Hill's immigrant and refugee residents bring up new issues about the town

By Sofia Lesnewski

Chapel Hill Town Council is taking steps toward making the Town a better place to live by addressing key issues affecting foreign-born residents.

11/12/2018 10:03pm

Here's how UNC is celebrating American Indian Heritage Month

By Casey Quam

Many campus groups and groups around the state are hosting events to celebrate American Indian Heritage Month.

11/2/2018 4:57am

Postdoctoral diversity fellow makes her homecoming to UNC

By Praveena Somasundaram

Danielle Purifoy spent many weekends at UNC during middle and high school as part of the North Carolina Math and Science Education Network, a program to introduce students to STEM fields. This year, Purifoy returned to the University as a fellow of the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity.

10/31/2018 6:52pm

'Wrench Night' aims to create gender inclusive space for bicyclists

By Aislinn Antrim / Aislinn Antrim

Nestled in Carrboro is a bike repair shop that offers so much more than tire repairs and chain oiling. It's a place where women, femme, transgender, non-binary and gender non-conforming individuals can feel empowered and at home. 

10/24/2018 10:56pm

Meet one of your 2018 diversity fellows: Sarah Mills

By Grace Little

Second-year postdoctoral trainee from the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Sarah Mills is one of the five 2018 diversity fellows from the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity.

10/8/2018 10:45pm

Robeson County activists challenge Atlantic Coast Pipeline

By Henry Haney

“It’s not natural, it’s not green, it’s not clean and it certainly won’t be cheap. It is the last gasp and grasp of the entire fossil fuel industry.”

10/4/2018 10:13pm

Column: End the 'Model Minority' myth

By Ramishah Maruf

"Why should poorer Asians be held up to the same racial stereotypes as their wealthier counterparts?"

10/4/2018 9:29pm

‘Why not me?’: N.C. House Reps reflect on what Year of the Woman means to them

By Rachel Weyne

The lack of gender diversity in politics can only be fixed by new, diverse candidates running — women should recognize they can be in positions of power, and then they just have to "step up and take it". 

9/25/2018 9:29pm

'More could be done': UNC students celebrate Latinx Heritage Month

By Maydha Devarajan

Members of the Carolina Latinx Collaborative hope that UNC’s Latinx Heritage Month will have a positive impact on Latinx representation not only on campus, but across N.C.

9/12/2018 1:35pm

UNC Latinx Education Research Hub losing on-campus space is nothing new, members say

By Suzanne Blake

The University took away the Hub’s former space in UNC's School of Education in mid-July. 

8/27/2018 9:53pm

Welcome to the world of La Borinqueña: The Puerto-Rican superhero you need to know

By Zach Goins

Everyone is asked that one icebreaker question, "If you could be any superhero, who would you be?" Until now, there hasn't been a superhero that celebrates the Latinx college student. Comic book writer Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez is coming to UNC to share his unique archetype with students and the Latinx community. 

5/31/2018 12:35am

VIEWPOINTS: Newsrooms must reflect the communities they serve

By Leah Asmelash

THE ISSUE: Conversations on the issue of diversity within The Daily Tar Heel have been circling the office for a while, but the way to go about solving this problem remains a point of debate. Two writers for the DTH offer their opinion on the concept of a diversity quota. 

4/26/2018 10:20pm

UW-Madison faces racist history as UNC does the same

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford

An investigative report on the university’s student organizations after the events in Charlottesville, V.A. in August 2017 found two student organizations called The Ku Klux Klan that existed in the early 1900s. 

4/26/2018 8:28pm

UNC collaborates with American Talent Initiative to make college more affordable

By Veronica Correa

The American Talent Initiative is collaborating with universities across the country—including UNC—to make their institutions more accessible for low-income students as they are still underrepresented at universities.

4/26/2018 7:44pm

UNC minority enrollment rate does not reflect state demographics

By Ramishah Maruf

As of fall 2017, UNC had a 7.8 percent enrollment rate for Black students and a 7.5 percent enrollment rate for Hispanic students, unrepresentative of their populations in the state overall. 

4/25/2018 9:24pm

Black Student Movement welcomes new wave of leadership

By Kayla Boswell

Alex Robinson and Qieara Lesesne, both rising seniors, have been elected to lead BSM as the new vice president and president.