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Bookmark This

October 4, 2024

Bookmark This is a monthly feature highlighting books by College people. This month’s featured book is “Truffles and Trash: Recirculating Food in a Social Welfare State” by Kelly Alexander, assistant professor and George B. Tindall Fellow of American Studies.

Savor the stories of Southern food

June 22, 2023

What we eat helps us understand history, cultures, traditions and each other, say two Carolina experts — Michelle Lanier and Elizabeth Engelhardt.

Extracting Extraordinary Things

April 27, 2023

Graduate student Claire Bunschoten spent a year at The New York Botanical Garden unpacking the history and culture tied to one of America’s favorite flavors: vanilla.

Carolina celebrates American Indian Heritage Month

November 1, 2022

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 students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  

Reckoning and re-imagining in Warren County

July 19, 2022

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.