Category: Diversity
Creative cartography
Geographer Javier Arce-Nazario uses innovative mapping technologies to help communities in the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Rico and beyond.
Stepping outside her comfort zone
Jeliyah “Liyah” Clark is among the first students from the Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program to graduate with a doctoral degree. She will become a double Tar Heel at Winter Commencement … Read more
Identity and experience—from the military to a master’s degree
Graduate student Dailihana Alfonesca uses creative writing as a way to understand and express issues of identity and trauma, both those unique to her experience and those shared by other … Read more
Latest R3 session focuses on participatory justice
Scholars at the Nov. 3 event will tell how they involve their subjects — farmworkers, parents, urban residents — in their social justice research.
Carolina celebrates American Indian Heritage Month
Graduate student Marissa Carmi is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin — and as an American Indian — she’s brought her life experiences and perspective to serve graduate and professional … Read more
Pillar of Chapel Hill community leaves gift to College’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
The Seymour family has established the Dr. Robert E. Seymour Jr. Dean’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Ashton Thorne spent his summer searching for elusive, queercore zines
The UNC senior’s research took him to libraries in Chicago and North Carolina to find transgender representation in queercore publications from the ’80s to the early 2000s.
Student researcher explores Asian American identity in the South
How do Asian American authors from the South use writing to reconcile their intersecting identities? Junior Britney Hong sought to find out through her Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
Dhingra to explore the Asian American experience during professorship at Duke and UNC
Pawan Dhingra will serve as Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor for 2022-2023.
Claudia Yaghoobi expands global connections for Carolina students
As the new director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies (CMEIS), Claudia Yaghoobi is eager to expand upon existing opportunities for students studying Middle Eastern … Read more
Teaching poetry and literature in prison
Theodore Nollert, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of English and comparative literature, has taught American poetry and literature to an unexpected audience. He has traveled to Granville Correctional Institution … Read more
Carolina celebrates Latinx Heritage Month
This year’s theme for the celebration is “Vivir Mi Vida,” or “live my life,” with a focus on sharing the stories of the Latinx community and encouraging students to express … Read more
How student debt affects Black borrowers more
Biden’s plan to tackle the student loan crisis is a good start, but it doesn’t do enough to address racial disparities, says public policy expert Fenaba Addo.
Slocum named senior associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion
Dean Jim White has elevated Karla Slocum’s position from associate dean to senior associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, effective Sept. 1.
The Process Series chooses ‘Reckoning and Reconciliation’ as theme of 15th season
Performances created by a diverse group of artists will explore race, class, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexuality and childhood illness.
Reckoning and re-imagining in Warren County
UNC-Chapel Hill folklorist Glenn Hinson and playwright Jacqueline Lawton are working with community members to examine difficult topics in Warren County’s history and to help forge a new future.
New funding boosts support of Building Integrated Communities program
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation awarded the program $1.55 million for its work in partnering with local governments statewide to create inclusive practices and policies … Read more
Preserving endangered Islamic manuscripts
Scholars from the department of African, African American and diaspora studies and a University Libraries digitization specialist traveled to Senegal and Mali to preserve and digitize 6,000 pages of handwritten … Read more
College of Arts & Sciences awards $36,000 in grants to support DEI initiatives
The College of Arts & Sciences awarded 13 academic departments a total of $36,000 in grants to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion
Michael Figueroa: Facilitating community
Michael Figueroa, who has led the Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty Group at the IAH throughout the pandemic, views the group as an opportunity for people to find support … Read more