National Pawn, with 20 statewide locations over the past 33 years, recently donated over 100 musical instruments to Musical Empowerment, a Carrboro-based nonprofit. The organization is dedicated to creating equitable access to music education, pairing underserved children with collegiate mentors who volunteer weekly music lessons at no cost.
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UNC School of Education faculty members received a $4.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to develop a program for the recruitment of underrepresented teachers in Durham Public Schools.
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The band features two members of the UNC community.
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The committee, called the Juvenile Justice Planning Committee, was established on Sept. 25 to advise the Governor's Crime Commission and administer juvenile justice and delinquency prevention grants from the Department of Justice.
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Due to a longer Winter Break, some UNC students are more vulnerable to food insecurity. To combat this, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Mothers Club worked with Vimala's Curryblossom Cafe and Brandwein's Bagels to provide meals for students.
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Although 2020 has presented many challenges, several UNC arts community members feel that the changes imposed by the pandemic have increased connectivity and meaning in the art world.
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For the first time since head coach Mack Brown left the program in 1997, UNC football entered the top five this year. In just Brown's second year back in Chapel Hill, the Tar Heels are showing signs that they could progress into a top five mainstay.
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UNC alum Tracy Deonn’s most recent young adult fantasy novel “Legendborn” tells the story of 16-year-old Bree Matthews as she discovers a magical world of Arthurian legends and secret societies on UNC Chapel Hill's campus.
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