Diversity and Multicultural Affairs

Chapel Hill celebrates diversity with Near and Far Festival

By Drew Wayland | April 8

“I’m really impressed by how big this ended up being," first-year Will Smith said. "I’ll definitely come back if they end up doing this again.” ...

Mount Holyoke College's gender inclusion policies endure despite negative responses

By Emily Davis | April 5

A new policy advises educators to refer to the student body as "Mount Holyoke students" rather than "Mount Holyoke women" and to use gender-neutral language ...

Black Panther, a recent blockbuster hit, is now showing at the Varsity movie theater on Franklin Street.

Black Panther is a national phenomenon that also hits surprisingly close to home

By Ramishah Maruf | March 28

Marvel’s "Black Panther" is, in its simplest form, a phenomenon. The movie covers a range of topics about Black culture in a new and relevant way, all ...

Immigration panel gets opinions from across the globe on entrepreneurship and diversity

By Brooke Bauman | March 27

On Tuesday, immigrants from all corners of the globe gathered to discuss their common roots in business in North Carolina. The Center for the Study of ...

Female professors' concentration on service could prove detrimental to their salaries

By Taylor Buck | March 26

Research shows that female professors tend to take on more service than men, reducing the time they have to spend on research. These factors, combined ...

UNC student groups want you to know that microaggressions are more than just insults

By Jordyn Williams | March 22

“Microaggressions can affect minority populations’ mental health because they end up internalizing the disdain of the dominant community,” said ...

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Duke study finds women less likely to enter radiology careers

By Cate Byrne | March 4

Even with more women in STEM, one department is missing out. Sarah Cater, a resident in Duke University's radiology program, authored a study on ...

'It's traumatizing ... to be in these spaces:' Black students adjust to whiteness of UNC

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez | February 28

At a University where only 37.6 percent of students are people of color, and only 7.8 percent self-identify as Black or African-American only, it is common ...

The DTH has a 125-year-old, institutional diversity problem

By Jared Weber | February 23

“It’s profoundly disappointing that it’s been so long since another minority of any kind led the paper,” Rob Nelson said. “I never would’ve ...

A UNC worker takes down Saunders' name from Carolina Hall on June 3, 2015.

UNT student petition stirs up memories of UNC's Saunders Hall

By Cate Byrne | February 22

Students at the University of North Texas are petitioning to have a new building named after a woman or a person of color. Despite over 50 percent of ...

Financial Aid office is hiring a Spanish-speaking counselor after student requests

By Maria Elena Vizcaino | February 22

“When I was a freshman, I was looking for a lot of resources and a lot of information to understand better how financial aid worked, but I wasn’t ...

Asian studies professor Dwayne Dixon was among the faculty members receiving death threats from white supremacist groups. Dixon spoke during Wednesday's anti-fascism rally on UNC campus.

When rumors of a white supremacist rally at UNC circulated, only counterprotestors showed

By Charlie McGee | February 21

Rumors of white supremacist organizations coming to protest against a UNC employee motivated students and workers to rally together in opposition on Wednesday. ...

Preserving the old to celebrate the new: ECSU to create African-American Heritage Center

By Anna Pogarcic | February 21

Preserving the old to celebrate the new. Elizabeth City State University plans to create an African-American Heritage Center on campus from a building ...

UNC junior Alexis Hall works with UNC Office of Diversity & Inclusion and runs two programs through it.

UNC-system diversity programs under examination by BOG

By Emily Davis | February 20

A system-wide study presented to the UNC-system BOG reveals disparities between UNC-system schools' diversity and equal opportunity programs and policies. ...

Faculty at UNC is 75 percent white, but this program hopes to change that

By Kate Karstens | February 20

UNC is becoming a leader transitioning post-doctorate students to faculty positions, as the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity is working ...

Lunar New Year Celebration aims to connect international students to home culture

By Jackson Liu | February 19

The Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars organized the 2018 Lunar Year Celebration, giving students the opportunity to celebrate Chinese ...

PERIOD. at UNC-CH aims to provide menstrual products for homeless women

By Hannah McClellan | February 19

UNC's chapter of PERIOD., a national organization dedicated to women's menstrual equity, hopes to change the conversation around periods, homelessness ...

UNC highlights issues of citizenship during Global Spotlight Week

By Giselle Pagunuran | February 15

The FedEx Global Education Center highlights pressing citizenship and immigration issues for Global Spotlight Week.

Arts Everywhere and BSM collaborate to honor the Black Pioneers of UNC

By Grace Little | February 7

In celebration of Black History Month and the Black Student Movement’s 50th anniversary, the Arts Everywhere initiative and BSM have collaborated on ...

UNC's Black Student Movement created a welcome video for newly admitted Black students to encouragement enrollment. Photo Courtesy of Black Student Movement

Black Student Movement makes video to increase enrollment of Black students

By Casey Quam | February 5

In the past seven years, the enrollment numbers for students who identify as Black, white and Hispanic have all decreased. Minority student groups are ...