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Part of the Carolina Latinx Center, the Pulso Scholars program helps underrepresented students prepare for medical careers.

- A dynamic global dozen
  Twelve international exchange students from seven countries are calling Carolina home this spring. Due to COVID-19, many had postponed coming to Chapel Hill for one or more terms and waited months for travel restrictions to lift and visas to be approved before arriving on campus.
- Golden LEAF, Center for Public Leadership and Governance partner to launch Local Government Training Initiative
  Set to launch in March, the initiative aims to strengthen local governments in North Carolina’s Tier 1 communities by providing scholarships to attend professional development opportunities for their mid- and entry-level public leaders.
- Sharing the ‘lost history’ of the civil rights movement
- Ensuring student success
- Carolina clinical trial tests effectiveness of mouthwash to kill coronavirus
  Laboratory experiments have shown mouthwash can quickly kill coronaviruses, but there’s no evidence mouthwash can prevent the virus from infecting people. The Adams School of Dentistry is investigating how well mouthwash works to reduce the amount of SARS-CoV-2.
- Serving across a diverse spectrum
- Closing the gaps

Feb 25
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet with Wynton Marsalis
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Livestream | Free
Led by trumpeter/composer Wynton Marsalis and featuring seven of jazz’s finest soloists, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet’s performance of The Democracy! Suite inspires and uplifts with the full vigor, vision, and depth of America’s music.
Feb 25
2021 Mary Stevens Reckford Lecture in European Studies: Catherine Woollard
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Online | Free
Ms. Catherine Woollard, Director of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles, will deliver the 27th annual Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies on Thursday, February 25th at noon via Zoom.
Feb 25
Off the Shelf: Author Talk with Regina Bradley
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
VirtualNC | Free
Regina Bradley discusses her book “Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South.” This talk is part of Off the Shelf, a collaboration between the University Libraries and the UNC Press to present new works on racial and social justice in our history and our world. Co-presented by Southern Cultures and the Center for the Study of the American South.