In The Media
NPR
May 13, 2024
A new book traces the life of Fu Pei-mei, who brought Chinese food to the world
Fu Pei-mei appeared on Taiwan television for 40 years. Her 1969 cookbook published with recipes in Mandarin and English is still considered a classic of Chinese cookery. Michelle T. King has a new book about the life and the persisting influence of Fu Pei-mei. It’s … Read more
Vox
May 9, 2024
How real is Shōgun?
The FX and Hulu hit depicts a bloody, brutal, mostly thwarted colonial history of Japan. It’s based in the truth. — According to Morgan Pitelka, Bernard L. Herman Distinguished Professor in the department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, the portrayal of … Read more
WRAL
May 7, 2024
‘The broods have arrived’: Millions of cicadas buzzing through North Carolina in rare emergence
Allen Hurlbert, a professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill biology department, discusses what you can expect as the cicadas emerge and how they will impact our ecological communities. WRAL
Newsweek
April 30, 2024
Study explores growing use of they/them pronouns
Jennifer E. Arnold, a professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill psychology and neuroscience department, explains how the use of “they” as a singular pronoun has been around since the Middle Ages. Newsweek
AP
April 30, 2024
Political campaigns focus on North Carolina as a critical battleground
Jason Roberts, professor in the UNC-Chapel Hill political science department, discusses the importance for political campaigns to win North Carolina in the upcoming election. AP
The Wall Street Journal
April 29, 2024
U.S. Fertility Rate Falls to Record Low
American women are giving birth at record-low rates. … “People are making rather reasoned decisions about whether or not to have a child at all,” said Karen Benjamin Guzzo, a sociologist and director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at … Read more
Science Daily
April 25, 2024
‘Sunny day flooding’ increases fecal contamination of coastal waters
A new study finds that ‘sunny day flooding,’ which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in the coastal waters tend to dissipate quickly, the findings suggest policymakers and public health officials should be … Read more