These are stories that define Carolina. Stories of novel ideas and nimble minds. Wide-open spaces of belonging and collaboration. A look and a leap toward the future, at home and across the globe.
More than 100 miles east of Chapel Hill, in Kinston, North Carolina, sits a perfectly-sized replica of the Old Well in honor of one of Carolina's first Black students.
Part of the Carolina Latinx Center, the Pulso Scholars program helps underrepresented students prepare for medical careers.
Led by the University Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, a new project will honor the approximately 120 enslaved people buried in Barbee Cemetery at the Rizzo Center in Meadowmont.
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.
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.
In honor of Black History, the Friday Center for Continuing Education proudly presents a theatrical performance presented by acclaimed actor and playwright Mike Wiley. Crafted from the public record, his one-man, multiple character performance of Dar He offers a transfixing dramatization of the historic interviews and events surrounding the lynching and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till.
In a new experience created by the most innovative duo in contemporary theater, you and another audience member—strangers to one another—take a journey together without ever leaving your homes.
Polish your foreign language speaking skills with UNC faculty discussion leaders for a lunch over Zoom, where participants are encouraged to speak only in French.