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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.