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Meet a 2021 winter graduate: Elliot Carey
Winter graduate Elliot Carey found his true passion for social work by serving his local community through volunteering with the North Carolina Guardian ad Litem program. Learn more about this … Read more
Drawn to the chase for research answers
Senior Maria Emilia Mazzolenis, a native of Argentina, uses her skills in behavioral economics and data science to help others.
Senior Samuel Zahn named Schwarzman Scholar
Senior Samuel Zahn has been awarded a prestigious Schwarzman scholarship, which funds a master’s in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.
Sharing Black history and culture
Senior Saskia Staimpel has expanded her interests in Black student activism through undergraduate research and a fellowship at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.
Exploring the world through popular music
Maximilian Spiegel will graduate in December and plans to pursue a career in academia based on his interdisciplinary study of popular music.
Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s featured book: “North Carolina: Land of Water, Land of Sky” … Read more
How one UNC undergrad merged science with the great outdoors in the Galapagos
UNC Alum Will Larsen was able to navigate undergraduate research after stumbling upon UNC Center for Galapagos Studies and has now officially published a paper on his research in the … Read more
Lessons in songwriting and perseverance
Singer-songwriter Rissi Palmer visited Professor Jocelyn Neal’s songwriting class in early October, opening up about her journey in the industry and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
Carolina Tar Heels use high-tech mouthguards in player safety research
Use of the NFL’s mouthguard sensor at collegiate level will broaden, inform head injury reduction efforts for elite athletes.
Researchers identify how bacteria makes copper into an antibiotic
Chemists at UNC-Chapel Hill and UC Davis discover the microbial process that turns a metal into an antibiotic.
UNC-Chapel Hill announces third Rhodes Scholar winner Kimathi Muiruri
Kimathi Muiruri, a 2021 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship, which funds study at the University of Oxford.
Alumnus named Carolina’s 53rd Rhodes Scholar
Justin Hadad ’21 majored in economics and applied physics and minored in Latin. At Carolina, he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an Honors Carolina laureate … Read more
Setting the Art World Ablaze
Upon discovering a series of political cartoons mocking artists in 18th– and 19th-century France, art historian Kathryn Desplanque couldn’t stop searching for them. Now, she has amassed more than 500 … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill receives platinum award for global learning, research and engagement
Carolina received the 2021 Institutional Award for Global Learning, Research and Engagement from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities in recognition of inclusive and comprehensive efforts to internationalize its … Read more
The sanctity of Cherokee
As a result of systemic oppression, there are fewer than 200 native Cherokee speakers in North Carolina. UNC scholars are teaming up to create a new translation model and grow … Read more
Bringing magic back to PlayMakers
PlayMakers Repertory Company will perform Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth,” its first live, in-person production in almost two years.
A new way to explore the night sky
A group of graduate students led by associate professor Nick Law have spent the past year designing, engineering and developing a prototype for a new telescope system that will allow … Read more
Meet new leaders in the Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Meet Amarjit Budhiraja, Chairs Leadership Program Interim Director and Viji Sathy, Academic Leadership Program Director.
Graduate students pioneer peer mentorship program
Graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and in the Department of Chemistry pioneered a peer-mentorship initiative, alongside The Graduate School’s professional development program, in order to better … Read more
Illuminating hidden Carolina voices through performance
“Voices: A Walking Tour” was a site-specific performance that took the shape of a contemplative walking tour of the Carolina campus after dark to discover hidden voices in the landscape. … Read more