In The Media
Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness podcast
March 27, 2024
What happens when we get sick?
Picture it: you’re on a crowded subway and someone sneezes. Or maybe you’re on a plane and the person next to you keeps coughing. Perhaps you shook hands with someone who didn’t wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Interaction with germs is inevitable, … Read more
Bloomberg
March 26, 2024
America is down to its last 100 cotton mills
Once so key to the plantation economy of the Deep South that politicians sometimes referred to their diplomatic strategy simply as “King Cotton,” the crop’s demand from US manufacturers is on an unrelenting — and accelerating — decline. … Companies often settled in places with … Read more
NPR
March 22, 2024
Beyoncé is getting played on country radio. Could her success help other Black women?
Amanda Martinez, a postdoctoral scholar in American studies, writes this piece for NPR on Beyoncé’s upcoming country album and the challenge of Black artists and women in getting played on country radio. “As much as Beyoncé’s challenge to the machinery of country music throws a … Read more
Chapelboro
March 21, 2024
New UNC humanities scholarship formed by $10 million gift
UNC-Chapel Hill announced the creation of a new scholarship for undergraduates studying the humanities, after sharing news of a major investment by an alumnus on Tuesday. Stephen Israel, a former vice chairman of the consulting firm Korn Ferry and UNC graduate in the class of 1966, … Read more
Business Insider
March 14, 2024
Minneapolis is on the verge of giving ride-hailing drivers a big pay bump. Uber and Lyft say they’ll leave the city if it happens.
Minneapolis is at the center of the debate over two key questions facing the ride-hailing industry. How much money do Uber and Lyft drivers make? And what minimum pay should they be guaranteed? … If the ordinance passes, it remains to be seen whether Uber … Read more
WRAL
March 11, 2024
Experts: College men most at risk of developing sports gambling addiction
Beginning March 11, 2024, North Carolinians will be able to legally place sports bets online, the effects are already evident with ads virtually everywhere: social media, billboards, television and even podcasts. Rosa Li with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Psychology … Read more
USA Today
March 7, 2024
The North Carolina governor matchup is set. Here’s what to know ahead of general election.
Super Tuesday is over, and the matchup for North Carolina’s 76th governor is set. Now, the actual race begins. … In a poll from Meredith College, taken before Super Tuesday results, a presumptive match-up between Josh Stein and Mark Robinson showed that 62.2% of polled … Read more