UNC Classics Professor Sharon James selected for a 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching by the UNC Board of Governors.
Woodul's master’s thesis, which she defended in April 2020, modeled the 1918 flu pandemic if it were to occur today. After COVID-19 began, she used her model to lay out the possible impact of the coronavirus.
OASIS was recognized for its "Culture Shock" event which celebrates and highlights African culture and diversity with over 50 virtual attendees.
A new partnership between the business school, University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward and local families works to honor the 120 enslaved people who were buried in the Barbee Cemetery. The Clark family, descended from the first Black family in Carrboro, is happy to finally have their story shared. “Oftentimes, there are groups created that want to do good in the Black community,” Lorie Clark said. “But they never include people who were harmed, are marginalized, or are hurt by what has happened. This is a great opportunity to bring the relatives of the enslaved people, who were buried in the cemetery, into the process to voice what we want and the way that we want this information lifted up.”
Turn off ABC and tune into Student Television's “The Bach at UNC," campus' version of “The Bachelor," coming fall 2021. "The Bach at UNC" is taking applications for the first season of the show, where 10 to 20 contestants will compete for their chance at love.
“We can not forget this experience,” John Bamforth, interim director of READDI, said. “It will be very tempting to put it behind us and think we do not have anything to worry about. The reality is, we are not 100 percent sure why these viruses are occurring more and more frequently. The global community needs to continue thinking about how we can encourage developing pandemic preparedness.”
“I met six or seven new people, and some of them I still talk to,” said first-year UNC student Julia Straight. “I didn't really know campus before because the New Student Orientation was canceled, so it was a good way to walk around campus and get to know all the major landmarks.”
