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Carolina hosts sixth annual Learning Through Languages High School Research Symposium

High school students from across North Carolina recently gathered virtually for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University’s sixth annual Learning through Languages High School Research Symposium awards ceremony.

Clockwise: Ann Marie Gunter. Ana Cecilia Lara, Kristin J. Davin and L.J. Randolph.

The future of language learning in North Carolina

Pedagogical experts on world language instruction from across North Carolina recently participated in “The Future of Language Learning in North Carolina,” a virtual panel discussion about the direction of teaching and learning of world languages in the state. The panel was held in conjunction with Carolina’s sixth annual Learning through Languages High School Research Symposium.

Morgan Pitelka with students in Japan in 2015.

A relationship more than a century in the making: Carolina connections with Japan

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is deepening its connections with Japan and building on relationships more than a century in the making.

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New year, new goals: How to be more active at home

Becca Battaglini, the director of Carolina’s Lifetime Fitness program, shares tips for turning 2021 into a year of more exercise and activity — even when we’re mostly at home.

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Happy Holidays from the College of Arts & Sciences

From Dean Terry Rhodes and your many friends at the College of Arts & Sciences, we wish you a very happy holiday season and a joyous new year.

Collage of books and faculty featured with Bookmark This type treatment in the center. Clockwise from upper right: Navin Bapat holds his book; Cover of “If I Had Two Wings”; Cover of “UNC A to Z”; Karla Slocum; Cover of “Foundations of Global Health & Human Rights”; Mark Katz holds his book; cover of “Heaven and Hell”; Cover of “Meander Belt”; Tania Jenkins holds her book; Cover of “Gaining Voice”

Bookmark These: 2020 wrap-up

Last year, we launched “Bookmark This” as a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni, published on the first Friday of each month. In this wrap-up, we collect all of the past Bookmark This interviews from the past year.

The SOAR telescope sits on a hilltop in Chile

Can white dwarfs help solve the cosmological lithium problem?

For the first time, hard-to-track lithium has been identified and measured in the atmosphere of burned out stars called white dwarfs, according to a study led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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