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CELEBRATING WORLD WETLANDS DAY 2022
January 10, 2022
On February 2nd, join UNC World View in celebrating World Wetlands Day. This day marks the critical role wetlands play around the world, and this year’s theme “Wetlands Action for People and Nature,” aims to motivate individuals, businesses, and governments to “invest financial, human and political capital to save the world’s wetlands from disappearing and to restore those we have degraded.”
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WHAT’S UNC WORLD VIEW READING? TEN LESSONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD BY FAREED ZAKARIA
December 13, 2021
This winter, a few of the UNC World View staff members are reading Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World. The book, written by journalist Fareed Zakaria and published in October of 2020, evaluates and compares systems of government, economic challenges and successes, and health outcomes across the globe in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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NEW(S) YEAR RESOLUTION: BRINGING MORE MEDIA LITERACY INTO CLASSROOMS
December 10, 2021
UNC World View looks forward to the start of a new year and the continued engagement with global themes and events in classrooms. As educators prepare to discuss important environmental, cultural, political, and economic events, we want to share resources on media literacy.
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UNC WORLD VIEW WELCOMES COURTNEY HARRIS-BROWN!
December 6, 2021
UNC World View is excited to announce that Courtney Harris-Brown has joined our organization as the Assistant Director for the UNC World View Teacher Student Initiative.
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BUILDING A NEW FUTURE: RENAMING CELEBRATES HENRY OWL, UNC’S FIRST AMERICAN INDIAN STUDENT
December 6, 2021
We are excited to share that the Student Affairs Building, which houses UNC World View, has been renamed in honor of Henry Owl, a Cherokee historian, educator, activist, soldier, and “the first American Indian and the first person of color to enroll in the university.”
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