January 2023 Archives

Carolina Connection – Jan. 28, 2023

January 28, 2023 Editor

Though UNC has been mask-optional for about a year, some students and faculty remain concerned about COVID-19. Inflation has started to fall, but local businesses still are feeling the pinch of higher prices. The lunar new year ushers in celebrations and community across campus. A disputed local photography exhibit moves to the National Civil Rights Museum. A Genius Grant recipient leaves students starstruck. Bird watching hobbyists play a crucial role in conservation efforts.

Renovations at the Coker Arboretum don’t stop students from making use of the natural space

January 27, 2023 Savannah Gunter

The renovation of UNC’s historic Coker Arbor is scheduled to conclude before next fall. Despite frigid temperatures, community members are digging in to appreciate the natural space in all its seasons.

Student organization hopes Lunar New Year will help bridge gaps in the local Chinese community

January 27, 2023 Annie Le Baron

Lunar New Year celebrations hope to bridge the gap between the Asian American and International Chinese populations on UNC’s campus.

From masks to booster shots: an update on COVID at UNC

January 27, 2023 Kyle Turik

While UNC remains mask-optional, some students feel safer on campus if they are masked. Medical experts are urging people at UNC to get the bivalent booster shot and continue to stay cautious about COVID.

Though inflation is cooling, rising food prices affect both small businesses and their partners

January 27, 2023 Hannah Noel

Local small businesses are adjusting to rising food prices alongside their customers.

UNC professor Tressie McMillan Cottom discusses why inclusive scholarship matters

January 27, 2023 Denise Stroud

Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom is a distinguished academic, an award-winning educator, a best-selling writer, and something of a celebrity.

Photography exhibition ‘Tarred Healing’ finds new home at the National Civil Rights Museum

January 27, 2023 Lorelai Sykes

UNC wouldn’t Durham photographer Cornell Watson’s work to be displayed in the Sonja Haynes Stone Center last year.

A new role for an ancient practice: Sheep are in demand to trim the grass at solar farms

January 16, 2023 Sophie Mallinson

North Carolina’s solar farms are gaining ‘solar sheep’ as part of a practice combining new technology with the traditional farming industry.

Black women have triple the risk of pregnancy-related deaths. Doulas may be one part of the solution.

January 15, 2023 Brianna Atkinson

Some Black women are working with doulas to support and advocate for them through their pregnancies … and help them give birth the way the way they want to. But doulas are just part of the solution to health care inequities.

The Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is part recreation, part science

January 14, 2023 Brianna Atkinson

The decades-old tradition – sponsored by the National Audubon Society – goes beyond just a bird watching as a hobby.