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• Manager of the Year – Shannon Eubanks

  Eubanks named University Manager of the Year

• Statement on the Board of Trustees Decision Regarding Prof. Nikole Hannah Jones

  Statement on the Board of Trustees Decision Regarding Prof. Nikole Hannah-Jones May 27, 2021 The undersigned members of the UNC Political Science Department denounce the actions by the Board of Trustees (BOT) resulting in the appointment of Nikole Hannah-Jones to … Continued

• China’s Deep-Sea Motivation for Claiming Sovereignty Over the South China Sea

  At the bottom of the contested waters lies a supply of the rare earth minerals crucial to China’s tech ambitions. https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/chinas-deep-sea-motivation-for-claiming-sovereignty-over-the-south-china-sea/ GUEST AUTHORS: Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Gent Mark Crescenzi and Stephen Gent are professors of political science at the … Continued

• Happy LDOC – 5/5/2021

  Happy LDOC! Be proud of all your successes this semester, this year — and your whole time at Carolina if you’re graduating! #UNCChapelHill #UNCCollege #UNCgrad #LDOC #targram #OldWell 

• The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in Political Science condemns the attacks on Asian Americans

  The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee in Political Science condemns the attacks on Asian Americans on March 16 in Atlanta, as well as the numerous other attacks against Asian Americans over the past year. These planned attacks are tragic, terrifying, painful, … Continued

• Virginia may abolish the death penalty. There’s a racist history behind why a few jurisdictions use it most.

  By Frank R. Baumgartner and Christian Caron Feb. 4, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EST Virginia may be about to eliminate the death penalty, which would remove the state with the greatest historical use of the punishment from the execution business. Simultaneously, President Biden is … Continued