11.28.22 | Discovery, University News
UNC and N.C. A&T State University are collaborating on a program designed to improve Black maternal mortality and overall Black maternal health. The program — Building Equitable Linkages with Interprofessional Education Valuing Everyone, or…
Healing and unity were recurring themes during a Nov. 21 dedication in the Pit of a memorial for James Lewis Cates Jr., a Black man who was stabbed to death 52 years ago in a racially motivated attack outside the Frank Porter Graham Student… read more
The University’s five-year-plus campaign to support students, initiatives, research and faculty scholarship surpassed $5 billion this month, with more than one month remaining in the comprehensive fundraising campaign. The Campaign for Carolina… read more
Carolina has created a plaza to highlight and commemorate the Divine Nine, the nine Black Greek fraternities and sororities that exist on college campuses nationwide. The National Pan-Hellenic Council Legacy Plaza is located on South Campus… read more
Novelist, essayist and illustrator Daniel Wallace ’08 will speak to graduates at Carolina’s Winter Commencement. Wallace is the J. Ross MacDonald Distinguished Professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences and directed the creative… read more
Raising Cane’s Raises the Bar When the Mega Millions lottery prize reached $810 million in July, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers owner Todd Graves bought 50,000 $2 tickets for the employees in his restaurant chain, which has 650 stores… read more
Several months ago, then-GAA-Board Chair Dana Simpson ’96 (’00 JD) and I discussed what may have long been on the minds of many alumni: Am I going to retire before I expire? For a few years, those considering whether to become the GAA’s… read more
Hortense McClinton talks about being the first Black UNC professor, race and having a residence hall named after her. Two years after passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and one year after passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Hortense… read more
Actress Dayci Brookshire ’04 brings life to animated characters, and now she’s a leading voice helping connect the next generation of Carolina creatives — and other Tar Heels — with their first gig in Hollywood. Brookshire’s credits… read more
Kristin Acquavella ’93 is one of 22 active female admirals in the U.S. Navy. To get there, she relied on what she learned while winning four national soccer championships at Carolina. By Tim Crothers ’86 She played… read more