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11/3/2019 10:21pm

A pro-Confederate protester shakes hands with UNC Police officer Timothy Tickle after Tickle explained to protesters the boundaries of UNC's campus on March, 16, 2019.The pro-Confederate group then left campus. Photo courtesy of Daniel Hosterman.

Months after controversy fueled its formation, UNC's safety commission faces questions

By Stephanie Mayer

Campus Safety Commission meetings have been in session over the last two months to give students, faculty and staff the opportunity to discuss their concerns with being safe on campus. Since it convened it April, there have been 13 listening sessions with some being geared toward specific communities on campus.  But while the premise of bringing together stakeholders from the University together seems like a step in the right direction, some have said the goal is undermined by poor publicity and attendance. 

1/21/2019 10:20pm

Jerry Wilson wipes sweat from his face while wearing a noose around his neck at an Aug. 20 protest against Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus. His friend, Cortland Gilliam, joined him in this gesture. They both vowed to wear these nooses whenever they were on campus until the statue was taken down. This was intended to represent the oppression and white supremacy they feel the statue represents. The pair did not have to wear the nooses long, as protestors forcefully tore down the statue only a few hours later at 9:20 p.m. on August 20, 2018.  Wilson and Gilliam put the nooses back on following Chancellor Carol Folt and the Board of Trustees' Dec. 3 proposal to establish a University History and Education center to house Silent Sam.  

Why are graduate students often at the center of campus protests?

By Alex Zietlow

Graduate students have been at the helm of campus protests at UNC since the 1960s, from George Vlasits, an anti-Vietnam War protester in the 1960s, to Maya Little, a current UNC graduate student of history who faced Honor Court and criminal charges for staining Silent Sam with red ink and her own blood last April. We took a closer look at why that is.

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11/2/2018 4:57am

Photo courtesy of Danielle Purifoy

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.

10/25/2018 7:20pm

Photo courtesy of André Keiji Kunigami, Carolina Postdoctoral Programs for Faculty Diversity Fellow.

Diversity fellow Keiji Kunigami continues interdisciplinary mindset at UNC

By Elizabeth Holmes

André Keiji Kunigami was just chosen as one of UNC’s newest Carolina Postdoctoral Programs for Faculty Diversity fellows. He looks to continue his study of Brazilian and Japanese cinema and its politics in the new environment of UNC and its southern surroundings. He will be revising his dissertation surrounding the two topics through this postdoctoral fellowship.

3/21/2018 11:44pm

Photo by Alex Kormann

UNC medical school prides itself on on-the-job training

By Suzanne Blake

In a move from second place last year, the UNC School of Medicine was ranked first for their primary care program in U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 “Best Graduate Schools.” The medical school is looking forward to more improvements in prevention and healthcare accessibility.