Once unsure of where her life was headed, UNC professor and New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom is in demand, in control — and done with regrets. By Beth McNichol ’95 In the 1990s, The… read more
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, last week kicked off national American Indian Heritage Month at the Carolina Union Auditorium, reading her poetry and discussing stereotypes… read more
Gov. Roy Cooper ’79 (’82 JD) signed an executive order Nov. 1 creating a commission to advise his office and the public on the status of higher education governance and to recommend ways UNC System institutions can create more diversity on… read more
Lawyers representing Carolina and Harvard spent hours on Monday facing skeptical questions from the U.S. Supreme Court, which seems poised to rethink — and make dramatic changes to — the role of race in American college admissions. In two… read more