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April Bourommavong stands at the UNC Bell Tower.

Winter 2020 graduate: An advocate for Asian American students

Senior April Bourommavong is a first-generation student who co-founded the Southeast Asian Student Association during her time at Carolina.

Lizzie Russler sits down with mountains in the background.

Winter 2020 graduate: Global traveler

Senior Lizzie Russler has worked around the world tackling challenges at the intersection of human rights and climate change. An internship at Sephora also confirmed her interest in sustainability issues.

A host of colorful food on plates sits on a table.

Learning about the broader contexts of food

Focusing on topics ranging from North Carolina’s pork industry to school lunches, the College of Arts & Sciences’ “Southern Food Studies: Food and Race in America” course is causing some Carolina students to think twice about the food on their forks.

Prompts like a small heart drawn on your wrist can help you practice gratitude. (Photo by Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

How to practice gratitude? Notice. Think. Feel. Do.

Carolina psychologist Andrea Hussong writes about empathy and offers practical ways to practice gratitude in our lives.

scene of the Old Well peaking through the leaves of a tree with red berries across Cameron Ave. from the Well.

Three College faculty named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Three faculty members of the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Clockwise from top left: Joseph Fort, King’s College London; Michael Kris, UNC-Chapel Hill; Kristina Arakelyan, London-based composer and pianist; Evan Feldman, music professor, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Innovative faculty enrich learning through global collaboration

Whether the subject is music, medical anthropology or the business of health care, UNC COIL courses connect students with the world.

A view of the Old Well from across the street looking through the lens of bright red leaves in the foreground. PHoto by Donn Young.

Graduate students selected for Impact, Horizon awards

Graduate students and recent graduate alumni within numerous UNC-Chapel Hill programs earn honors for their research..

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