Patricia Parker, Director of Faculty Diversity Initiatives in the College, led a spring meeting of Faculty Diversity Liaisons from departments across the College of Arts and Sciences, (photo by Beth Lawrence)

Department Diversity Liaisons exchange ideas

Faculty Diversity Liaisons from departments across the College of Arts and Sciences gathered this spring to exchange information and ideas about how to enhance the diversity of the faculty... [more]

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LGBT legislators have a significant effect on laws that promote equality

The presence of legislators who are openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender has a direct, significant impact on pro-LGBT legislation around the world, according to new research from a political scientist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill... [more]
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Graduate student’s research focuses on music in the African-American community

Doctoral student Will Boone spent hundreds of hours attending services at Durham's Faith Assembly Christian Center, experiencing fellowship with members, conducting interviews, and rehearsing and performing with the church band. .. [more]
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Beat Making Lab: UNC-inspired music in the Congo

Beat Making Lab is a new PBS Digital Studios series featuring young musicians from around the world. In Episode 1, UNC music professor Pierce Freelon and Apple Juice Kid (a.k.a. Stephen Levitin) collaborate with youth in the Democratic Republic of Congo. .. [more]
The 2013 Beech Scholarship winners: Brandon Neely, Malik Dancy and Dylane’ Davis. (Vanessa Cross not pictured.)

Four awarded Beech scholarships

Four UNC-Chapel Hill students have been awarded the prestigious Harvey Beech Scholarship... [more]

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