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
The University reported last week it had found lead in the drinking water in five additional buildings on campus, including in two residence halls. The UNC Department of Environment, Health and Safety found lead in the drinking water in Spencer… read more
Two professors in the UNC School of Social Work will direct a new, federally funded Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center in partnership with the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The new Behavioral Health Workforce… read more
University Day, the annual celebration commemorating Oct. 12, 1793, when the cornerstone was laid for UNC’s first building, Old East, was held amid much fanfare this year. During the ceremony, held in Memorial Hall, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz… 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
The University this week named Jennifer Conrad, the Dalton McMichael Distinguished Professor of finance, as interim dean for the Kenan-Flagler Business School, following the abrupt resignation of Doug Shackelford ’80 on Sept. 16. Conrad has… read more