- Archive of Online Extras
- UNC College Talk, our blog.
- Check out our UNC College of Arts and Sciences page on Facebook
- Follow unccollege on Twitter.
- The University Gazette reports on PlayMakers Repertory Company's production of "Nicholas Nickleby."
- Dean Karen Gil on UNC YouTube and University Gazette online.
- Read about how marine scientist Hans Paerl is helping North Carolina maintain a healthy, vibrant coastline.
- UNC creative writing professor Bland Simpson reveals the fascinating story of his Pasquotank River hometown in the Nov. 5 episode of "Tar Heel Towns: Elizabeth City" on UNC-TV's "Our State" at 8 p.m.
- Read Ph.D. ecology alum Mary O'Connor's haiku about her dissertation on the Web site, "Dissertation Haiku," a site where grad students post haikus about their work. The New Yorker magazine named O'Connor's haiku as their favorite among hundreds on the site.
- Watch a video and read more about UNC artists and art department faculty members Susan Harbage Page and Juan Logan's recent exhibition, "Prop Master: An Installation," at the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C.
- Read more stories about the opportunities that private gifts make possible at http://college.unc.edu/foundation.
Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine is published twice a year for faculty, alumni and friends of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill. These Online Extras supplement stories in the fall 2009 issue, which you may read online.
High Achievers:
page 4: Watch new Microsoft Fellow Svetlana Lazebnik describe her research. The UNC computer scientist is exploring new ways for computers to interpret digital images.
page 5: Read more about MedPLUS, a nonprofit developed by College of Arts and Sciences students that connects hospitals in Ghana with U.S. medical supplies.
Features:
page 11: Read Cameron Taylor’s Malawi blog and learn about UNC Project Malawi, learn more about Brian Billman’s archaeological field school, and see a world map of where SURF students have conducted research.
page 11: Explore the Web sites of UNC’s Office for Undergraduate Research and the First Year Seminar Program. Steve Reznick, associate dean for first-year seminars and academic experiences, writes about “10 Tips for the First-Year Experience Course” on the U.S. News & World Report blog.
page 11: Listen to UNC anthropologist Brian Billman talk about the importance of undergraduate research, student Cameron Taylor discusses the connections between research and her undergraduate courses, and 2009 alum Diana Gergel offers insights about the new Carolina Research Scholars program.
page 14: Read more about how solar cells work and see a list of the UNC scientists involved in the new Energy Frontier Research Center. Read more about the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Frontier Research Centers.
page 14: Learn about the Biofuels Center of North Carolina and read a history of the State Energy Office.
page 15: Visit the Web site of MegaWatt Solar, a startup solar energy company formed by UNC researchers.
page 17: Read students’ blogs from the Cherokee Nation summer course.(PDF file).
Profile:
page 18: Listen to an NPR interview with Emmanuel Chan, who was featured Sept. 23, 2009 on "The Story With Dick Gordon." Visit “The Oprah Show” Web site for a brief story and slide show on Emmanuel Chan, learn more through a film about the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” and the Sustain Foundation, a Chapel Hill nonprofit that raises awareness about the “Lost Boys.”
Spotlight:
page 20: Learn more about what Anoop Desai is doing post-“American Idol.”
Highlights:
page 22: Read more about UNC psychologist Barbara Fredrickson’s positivity research and calculate your positivity ratio.
Books:
page 27: Visit the Web sites for UNC historian William Ferris’ book, Give My Poor Heart Ease, UNC alumnus Michael Davis’ book, Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street and UNC sociologist Margarita Mooney’s book, Faith Makes Us Live. Experience sample blues audio and video tracks from Bill Ferris' book.
