The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted 25 higher education representatives from El Salvador in a virtual delegation from the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on June 3 addressing the theme, “Higher Education Partnerships and Jobs for the Future.” The participants included officials from the Ministry … Continued

Women have long been underrepresented in key sectors of the United States federal government, particularly in positions of national security leadership, and this is especially true for women of color. In Spring 2021, the area studies centers at the University of North Carolina at … Continued

Deciding to pursue his MBA was a defining moment in the life of Robert Ejupi ’21 (MBA). Ejupi is the chief operations officer and chief marketing officer for Sport In LLC, a leading sportswear retailer and wholesaler in Kosovo. It operates … Continued

The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with Carolina’s Modern Indian Studies initiative, hosted the panel discussion “U.S.-India Relations Under the Biden Administration” on April 7, … Continued

Through community radio and podcasts, Maria Gutierrez strives to preserve her ancestral language and identity — that of an indigenous people from Michoacán, Mexico, called the P’urhépecha. Maria Gutierrez is descended from the P’urhépecha, an indigenous group from a region along … Continued

An international online course connects students from three universities to explore how theater-makers can adapt, recover and thrive amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The first page of the syllabus for Adam Versényi’s undergraduate international theater course features this 1933 quote from … Continued

Jean Lambert Chalachala ’16 MPH has a calling—to improve the human condition. Chalachala, a clinician and public health expert, has found ample opportunities to do just that, working in surgery, hospital administration, epidemic and crisis management, lactation support, family planning and more. But … Continued

On March 24 the container ship Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, causing potentially billions in lost trade while hundreds of other cargo ships motored in circles waiting for the canal to reopen. … Continued

The UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies is halfway through its new Haiti Teacher Fellows Program. This program is a funded, year-long fellowship for high school and community college teachers during the 2020-2021 school year, and it aims to enhance teacher expertise in the history and … Continued

The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with Carolina’s Modern Indian Studies Initiative, will host the panel discussion “U.S.-India Relations Under the Biden Administration” via livestream at … Continued