The studentification of Northside has taken a neighborhood full of vitality and history and made its members feel like they no longer belong. While students do bring an economic influx to the area, its benefits are rarely felt by the original residents. Instead, rental companies who now own properties all across Northside benefit from the higher property value. If you are a student in Chapel Hill, what can you do to help?

The statistical representation of women in STEM is dismal, with the percentage of women earning undergraduate degrees in fields such as computer science and engineering as low as 18-19%. From a young age, women are discouraged from focusing on STEM, as gender stereotypes, marketing, and an educational focus on male scientists throughout early curriculums lead to female students deviating from previous interests in STEM. This early societal conditioning, combined with the existence of the “glass ceiling,” leads to a vast underrepresentation of women in STEM fields.

All too often, when people hear of troublesome issues in the American South, some amount of conscious or unconscious justification occurs. We look for reasons as to why something happened, or we brush off events as products of certain ways of life. In many ways, it is easier for people to cope with the idea of harmful practices if we can somehow rationalize them to ourselves; however, in reality, this process enables very real patterns of harm.

While some business organizations recognize and have started to implement DEI efforts in their current workforce, it is also important for efforts to be made in organizations’ hiring processes. The information below will delineate the stages of the hiring process, the bias present within different stages, and the relation of such practices to John Rawls’ justice as fairness principles.

What constitutes an ethical professor? … students agreed that professors should “demonstrate respect for students, teach objectively, grade honestly, and should not tolerate cheating or plagiarism” (Kuther 153). We will look at a case study involving EphBlog founder and Professor David Kane of Harvard University and attempt to apply this definition of an ethical professor.

The arguments for DEI in business are intricate, but the initiatives and results can be succinct and consequential. Companies can begin to satisfy their ethical obligation to DEI by analyzing talent practices to identify and rectify bias in not only employees but also leadership and organizational structures. Monitoring and enhancing DEI practices in recruitment, retention, engagement, investment, and promotion is financially beneficial for businesses and ultimately fosters an inclusive environment that improves employee well-being and encourages a more equitable society.

As universities around the country begin planning their spring semester, concerns around “the failures” of many universities to protect students in the fall are resurfacing. Underneath all of them lies the question of culpability; whether the students themselves are to blame for rampant rates of COVID-19 on campus, or whether administrators are at fault for bringing students back to a centralized location.

Dr. Maggie Little will be giving a talk on January 28th as part of the Parr Center and the UNC Center for Bioethics’ joint lecture series. Dr. Little’s talk is titled “ A Plea for Translational Ethics”.

What functions do names fulfill? I argue that one can identify at least two functions of names. First, naming is an instrument of nomination: we name people to be able to distinguish them from other people, to talk to (or about) them. Secondly, names identify persons.

My name is how I manifest my personal identity in the external world. One is inextricable from each other. This connection is usually recognized.

As religions have developed socially, alongside modern political atmospheres and the push for gender equality, many questions have arisen regarding the nature of the Holy Bible, other religious scriptures, and religious practices and traditions.

“Success is not a triumph but a necessity… There's no mistaking it: You are only rewarded for the risks you are prepared to take. Once out of context, actions become indefinable. Any will power or ambition that is brought to bear is arbitrary. There are no external, urgent necessities to justify choices of profession, hobbies, or partners; no force or coercion to render life evident. Everything must come from within”

When men fail to see the obstacles women must work against, legislation that aims to improve equality for women makes men feel as though their rights and privileges are threatened.

What motivates the Joker? Can he see something that we cannot see? What if we have so deeply internalized the prevalent power structures, adopted them as our modes of thinking, that conformity is laid upon us not by coercion but by our own conviction?

How do we relate our pain? How can we tell our physicians and providers that we are suffering and to what degree we are suffering? Moreover, how can we describe it in a way that others can understand? This is a recurring problem in healthcare relationships and is perpetuated by deep rooted fears and stereotypes.

The exhibit provides viewers with the unique opportunity to see conflict through the eyes of the people that it has directly affected. For students, this is a way to go beyond the books. The exhibit humanizes Arab society, Islam, and Iran in a way that is often looked over in efforts to academically “understand” each other.

Are we just the sum of our malleable memories?

Post-Armenian genocide literature, as well as all literature of the Armenian diaspora has a unique ethical role in reestablishing history, even serving as a facilitator of transitional justice. Modern writing in the diaspora reflects the split and transitional identity of the Armenian people: diverse, often fragmented, and concerned with themes like survival and identity.

Though Rousseau might have delivered a bit of truth when he told us that humankind is “everywhere in chains,” we must take care not to be deceived about his orientation. He represents the height of the “Enlightened Man,” of philosophical naturalism. He is also, as a symptom of the latter, a deadbeat dad.

To gain a true appreciation for the African and African diaspora’s philosophical perspective, it is important to go beyond the modern, if not colonial, construction of African thought to see the richness of this perspective and the impact that it has had, and continues to have on human thought.