Elevate: Amplifying voices in our community

UNC women's basketball puts social justice issues front and center with Black History Month Celebration

By Lucas Thomae | February 21

The team collaborated with the Carolina Black Caucus to make custom warmup shirts as part of their Black History Month Celebration. Between quarters, ...

Q&A: Charlie Scott recounts time at UNC as school's first Black scholarship athlete

By Lucas Thomae | February 21

Assistant Sports Editor Lucas Thomae caught up with Charlie Scott over the phone to discuss his time at UNC. In 1966, the Hall of Famer became the ...

More than sixty percent of UNC baseball players from the past decade have been recruited from out-of-state

Diamond Heels reflect dwindling diversity in collegiate baseball

By Shelby Swanson and Evan Rogers | February 15

It’s not where UNC recruits from, but how they recruit, that makes a world of difference. Matt Andrews, a UNC history professor whose research specializes ...

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Art gallery celebrating Black History Month opens on UNC's campus

By Selena Hernandez | February 14

The grand opening of the Student Life and Leadership’s Black History Month Art Gallery Exhibition was held on Friday in the Carolina Union Art Gallery. The ...

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Bringing Southeast Asia Home extends mission, creates community

By Brianna Atkinson | February 14

Bringing Southeast Asia Home, a UNC initiative funded by a $900,000 award from the Henry Luce Foundation, continues to expand its resources to enhance ...

Stone Center releases spring exhibit, focuses on slavery and the past

By Mary Mungai | February 14

The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History has begun its spring exhibit and speaker series for the semester. The collection offers a ...

'A vehicle and a voice': NC Black newspapers preserve history, increase representation

By Eliza Benbow | February 6

Carl Kenney, an adjunct professor at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media, said the Black press has always been a vehicle to counter negative imagery ...

'It's a part of me that nobody can change': MSA celebrates World Hijab Day

By Adele Morris | February 5

Wednesday, Feb. 1, was World Hijab Day, an international holiday to raise awareness and celebrate Muslim hijabi women.  The UNC Muslim Students ...

Cortland Gilliam, Chapel Hill's new poet laureate, hopes to give back and uplift

By Stefan Stalker | February 2

Chapel Hill's new poet laureate Cortland Gilliam recently began in his position, and he hopes to amplify suppressed voices and educate young members of ...

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UNC students and staff ring in the Year of the Rabbit

By Annie Ham | January 31

As the Year of the Rabbit begins, UNC students and faculty start off with celebrations, food, the Hong Kong ballet and other festivities to ring in the ...

'Tarred Healing' debuts at National Civil Rights Museum nearly a year after UNC pulled the display

By Lauren Rhodes | January 24

Almost a year "Tarred Healing" was pulled from display at the University, Cornell Watson's photo project debuted at National Civil Rights Museum.  ...

Tell us what you think about Elevate

By Sonia Rao and Clay Morris | January 20

We’re surveying our readership and staff to hear their opinions on whether “Elevate” is still serving underrepresented communities and not otherizing ...

NC farmers aim to make agriculture inclusive for underrepresented communities

By Eliza Benbow | January 18

Though a third of North Carolina's rural population is comprised of people of color, over 95 percent of North Carolina's agricultural producers are white.  ...

A call for action: Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Laney Crawley | January 16

“My dream is that one day soon I will find a way to stop just celebrating the dream and start living it," attendees said at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro ...

UNC prepares to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Eilah Wood | January 11

The annual UNC Week of Celebration kicks off next Sunday. It will include four events orchestrated by students and faculty that highlight the efforts ...

Community organizations to host MLK Day events centered around young voices

By Audrey Kashatus | January 9

The Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities will hold several events to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day and celebrate the day's namesake's legacy. The ...

'Things we need to address': Parents reflect on achievement gap within CHCCS

By Lucy Marques | November 30

“It’s not about individual people, it's about systems,” CHCCS graduate and parent Vickie Feaster Fornville said. “And if you’re not willing ...

Triangle music groups seek to create safe spaces for local LGBTQ+ community

By Maddie Policastro | November 29

Throughout the Triangle, several music groups — including the Triangle Gay Men's Chorus, Common Woman Chorus and Triangle Pride Band — create safe ...

Chapel Hill Bible Church leaders face allegations, investigations over abusive behavior

By Emmy Martin | November 29

Over the last few years, over 200 people have left Chapel Hill Bible Church due to concerns over sexism, racism and emotional abuse by leaders in the ...

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Over 1,200 vinyl records of one the first Black students at UNC to be donated to NCCU

By Sierra President | November 27

The music collection of LeRoy Frasier, one the first Black students at UNC, will be donated to N.C. Central University.