The following blog was written by Meagan Meekins, a Global Engagement Fellow currently working in Guatemala. Being in the Peace Corps taught me that you can never prepare for life abroad. You will learn more than you thought. You … Read more
By Emory Nager Carolina THINK and Innovate Carolina present Scott Moody who is responsible for Apple’s fingerprint recognition system found in the iPhone 5s. Scott founded AuthenTec, a tech company that made fingerprint sensors that could be used to unlock … Read more
By Emory Nager The local non-profit Hope Gardens is sponsoring the upcoming UNC event of the Great Carolina Cook-Off on Thursday, March 30 from 6 PM to 9 PM in the Great Hall of the Student Union. The Great Carolina … Read more
The Daily Tar Heel featured Campus Y committee Best Buddies today, highlighting the way the organization pairs volunteers with community members in one-on-one partnerships based on friendship. Since it’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month, it’s an especially good time to … Read more
By Emory Nager The Campus Y Committee Tar Heel TABLE fights food insecurity in the local Chapel Hill/Carrboro community, working closely with TABLE NC, which helps provide local hungry children with food. TABLE is holding an event called Empty Bowls at Weaver Street Market … Read more
Former Texas Senator Wendy Davis campaigned for Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton in front of the Campus Y on Friday, October 23rd. Davis spoke on women’s rights in a Q&A covered by the Daily Tar Heel on Friday. According to the … Read more
Charlotte continues to see scores of protestors flooding its streets following the death of Keith Lamont Scott as a result of a fatal gunshot wound from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer Brentley Vinson last week. Scott is the latest in a … Read more
Hunger Lunch, held on Wednesdays at UNC, helps fund community development projects all over the world by Nourish-UNC, a student-run nonprofit dedicated to social justice. Now CUBE venture So Good Pupusas is providing the food. Read all about it here.
The following blog was written by Aryana Bolourian, a rising Junior in the Bonner Leaders Program at the Campus Y. Aryana works at the Teen Center as a Bonner; she is working with AISEC in Santiago Chile this summer through the Bonner International Summer of … Read more
On August 12, CUBE, Carolina’s social innovation incubator, held a pitch party to showcase the concepts behind its new cohort of social ventures. The pitch party, held at the Top of the Hill on Franklin St., was the culmination of … Read more
