11.11.22 | Around Town, Carolina Alumni Review
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…
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
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
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
Carolina will host next year’s World Anti-Bullying Forum, the organization’s first biennial event held outside of Europe. Dorothy Espelage, the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of education and considered one of the foremost experts… read more
A $25 million gift from William “Bill” Starling ’75 and his wife, Dana, will be used to create the UNC Suicide Prevention Institute while working to implement suicide prevention strategies at UNC and across North Carolina. The institute… read more
You’ve probably seen the stellar images from the James Webb Space Telescope. It was named for a Carolina alumnus who helped set America on a course to become the world’s technological and economic leader. by… read more