Computer science major Rida Bayraktar founded PinkSTREAM, a startup that offers free workshops and classes for girls in elementary and middle schools who are interested in science, technology, robotics, engineering, arts and math) fields. GrepBeat
After four days of attempts and decades of calls for it, the granite pillar holding the statue of a Confederate soldier on the Capitol grounds in Raleigh is gone. This particular monument went up more than 100 years ago for … Read more
History professor Jim Leloudis speaks with reporter David Crabtree about the removal of Confederate monuments. WRAL
Joseph Glatthaar, the Stephenson Distinguished Professor in the history department, discusses the puzzling historical context behind the naming of North Carolina’s Fort Bragg in a story by Blue Ridge Public Radio. Blue Ridge Public Radio
Joel Fodrie talks about shark bites in relation to a recent story of a teenager being bitten by a shark. He was also quoted in a feature on the same incident by the Today Show. WITN
WCHL previews a discussion hosted by Carolina Public Humanities with history teaching associate professor Matthew Andrews about Michael Jordan and his recent shift to publicly supporting social justice movements. WCHL/Chapelboro
African, African American and diaspora studies professor Kia Caldwell’s 2007 book, Negras in Brazil: Re-envisioning Black Women, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity, is included in Essence magazine’s list of “10 Revolutionary Texts Every Black Girl Should Read.” Girls United … Read more
Religious studies professor Carl Ernst discusses the works of Muslim scholar Omar ibn Said, and the new translation by Ernst and Duke University associate professor Mbaye Bashir Lo. WUNC, “The State of Things”
Anthropology professor Karla Slocum writes about the freedom in having spaces – physical, social and imaginative – that provide black people safety and an opportunity to thrive. Noema magazine
Political science professor Frank Baumgartner talks about his research in North Carolina traffic stops, where black Americans are more likely to be pulled over than white Americans. WCHL/Chapelboro
