Sylvia X. Allen was not only the first Black woman to graduate from the UNC School of Law, but also a prosecutor, an assistant attorney general, a community leader and a mother of eight children. Daughters Elizabeth and S. Kathryn Allen said the impact of the final portrait was intense and breathtaking.
Read More »Multimedia artist Anike Robinson will present "Gris Gris Gurlz" — her unique collection of collages, paintings, videos and dolls — in the Brown Gallery and Museum at the Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History this Thursday. The exhibition will run through the fall and closes on Dec. 10. “This is a place where I get to feel right, in many ways,” Robinson said. “I feel right with the universe, I feel centered and healthy and good. So when I'm joyous, or even when I'm having an anxiety and depression-filled day or month, (art) is the thing that helps me power through.”
Read More »In the first meeting of the UNC Faculty Council this school year, faculty members voted on a resolution regarding the faculty's free speech under the First Amendment, and to what lengths they could expect to be supported by the University.
Read More »At their April 4 meeting, Faculty Executive Committee members continued their conversation on faculty salary inequities, and also spoke about the University's inquiry into journalism faculty emails regarding the $25 million Hussman school donor agreement.
Read More »The UNC Heels Care Network hosted “Mental Health, Spirituality and Faith: How Do They Connect?” on Monday, the first seminar of a series focusing on mental health that will be held this semester.
Read More »Last Thursday, the Chancellor’s Committee to Review History Commission Resolution reviewed and revised a committee report to evaluate the criteria for renaming several buildings on campus.
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On Feb. 9, acclaimed historian and Georgetown University professor Marcia Chatelain delivered UNC’s 2022 Black History Month lecture, discussing her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that explores the relationship between McDonald's and Black entrepreneurship. "There’s really rarely an accounting for the cultural work — and the effective cultural work — that corporations, particularly fast-food corporations, do in ingratiating themselves to Black experiences and Black cultural forms,” she said.
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The Carolina Pride Alumni Network, Wilson Library and the Southern Oral History Program have partnered to create 'The Story of Us' – a digital archive to preserve the history of the University’s LGBTQ+ students and faculty. “I think there are direct benefits for current students both undergraduate and graduates who will, in the future, be able to access this archive, find themselves in it, find inspiration from it and hopefully see that they too fit in and they count at Carolina,” CPAN President Hogan Medlin said. “It’s incredibly important for any marginalized community, but in particular this community, given that our history has not yet been captured.”
Read More »Fewer cleaning periods means more time for students to use the recreation centers, but also puts some of the responsibility to clean surfaces on patrons.
Read More »Kellen Hoxworth, a professor at Florida State University, led a discussion at UNC called “Dave Carson’s Brownface Empire” on Monday to discuss the performances of Dave Carson, a comedian who built his career upon stereotypical depictions of South Asian men and women during British colonial rule of India.
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