Promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are often the focus at international conferences about climate change. Countries, coalitions and companies announce pledges and plans to combat climate change, but how do we judge their progress? The 27th United Nations Conference … Read more
Diplomacy matters and so does who conducts it. These were the themes of the April 21 talk by Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who spoke as part of UNC Global’s Diplomacy Week 2022. Those messages echoed “Lessons … Read more
In a lively 90-minute webinar, moderator Klaus Larres posed provocative questions to four Carolina experts about the topic of the day: the war in Ukraine. “This event tonight is meant to help us understand why the war in Ukraine came … Read more
The center, led by Heidi Kim of the department of English and comparative literature, gives students, faculty and staff of Asian descent a place to call their own. When she was growing up, Selina Shi threw away the Chinese tea … Read more
The United States is withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan after two decades of fighting the Taliban insurgency. In the wake of this departure, the country’s Western-backed government has collapsed, the Taliban have seized control of the capital city of Kabul … Read more
Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz took his oath of office Sunday afternoon at a physically distanced ceremony in Memorial Hall. At his installation as Carolina’s 12th chancellor on Sunday, Kevin M. Guskiewicz spoke about the challenges faced by the “rising generation” … Read more
Thursday is a big day for Asian Americans at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That’s when the University’s largest ethnic community opens its long-awaited Asian American Center, with a director, a website, online programming and a $5 … Read more
Joseph Jordan often reminds people that the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History is much more than a building, that the programming inside is what makes it a vital part of Carolina’s identity. “This, to me, is … Read more
Working remotely from their home offices, the University’s librarians are helping the world’s virologists fight coronavirus by making faculty research more accessible online through the Carolina Digital Repository. Launched in 2009 to digitally curate specialty collections, the repository was enhanced in … Read more
Barbara J. Stephenson, Carolina’s first vice provost for global affairs and a former U.S. ambassador, wholeheartedly believes in the mission of a public university to prepare students to be citizens of the world. After all, a public university is where … Read more
