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News Items from UNC Greensboro

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News Items from UNC Greensboro

Last year, an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education reported that, according to federal data, only 2.1 percent of tenured professors at four-year colleges are Black women. Many universities […]

Professor Demetrius Noble and the lines of the poem "In defense of Black poets"

For students in Demetrius ‘D.’ Noble’s newest course Politics of Black Poetry & Rap, it’s three hours of head bobbing to hip-hop, picking apart poetry, and dissecting political issues from works of art in a way that’s “intellectually rigorous, but incredibly fun.”

Ernestine Small, UNCG’s first Black faculty member, offers a window into history as she reflects on her life and career as a nurse, educator, and trailblazer.

Aleah Mazyck strives to change lives through design. And the senior marketing and interior architecture major has already gotten a head start at UNC Greensboro. She has established diversity, equity, […]

On September 29, 2021, UNC Greensboro’s African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program was presented with the Dean’s Award for the Promotion of Diversity and Inclusiveness. This annual award by UNCG’s […]

a magazine article about civil rights history

Two years before the landmark Woolworth’s sit-in, there was a boycott on UNCG’s Tate St. Led and carried out by Woman’s College (UNCG) students – and with the official support […]

man and woman in front of downtown landmark Woolworths

A powerful advocate for the memorialization of lynchings. A Tigrayan-American who shares her homeland’s hardship and teaches women’s self-defense. A young storyteller discovering his talents. An undergraduate psychology researcher looking […]

Carole Boston Weatherford and the cover of her book “Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre”

Did you know that a century ago a mob of armed, White citizens attacked the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, killing close to 300 African Americans and displacing more than […]

For School of Music alumnus and internationally-lauded singer Sidney Outlaw ’04, sharing Black history through art is not only a joy but a responsibility, and one he takes seriously. And, […]

The four upstairs galleries of UNC Greensboro’s Weatherspoon Art Museum currently hold a stunning and timely retrospective of one of the most prominent and influential conceptual feminist artists: Lorraine O’Grady. […]

February is Black History Month, and UNC Greensboro will educate with a variety of events through the rest of the month.

UNCG, N.C. A&T, Guilford College and Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC) are teaming up to present the 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. via Zoom, featuring a panel of student activists and performances.