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Collage of black-and-white headshots of IAH fellows: (top row, left-right) Adam Versényi, Nadia Yaqub and Todd Ramón Ochoa and (bottom row, left-right) Jan Bardsley, Ray Dooley and Renée Alexander Craft.

Faculty leaders take the helms of Institute for the Arts and Humanities programs

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities has tapped the expertise and leadership of its former fellows and leaders across campus for its various faculty programs and initiatives for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Hector Aizpurúa poses on a piano bench, facing away from the piano. Hill Hall, the music building, is in the background.

Finding his research rhythm

Héctor Aizpurúa, Jr. recounts his journey from remedial English classes to writing his honors thesis on the musical traditions of the displaced people of the Panama Canal.

A group shot of people smiling at the camera -- they participated in the FIFA Project.

EXSS faculty lead research on women athletes

Two of the three U.S. experts picked for 2023 FIFA Female Health Project in Australia came from Carolina. They are faculty members in the department of exercise and sport science in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Confessions of a Climate Scientist

“We live on a planet with mostly water at the surface, and that water takes decades, basically a generation, to warm up or cool off. So, what one generation does to change climate—such as add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere — the next generation must live with,” writes Dean Jim White in a recent essay in the journal “Southern Cultures.”

Savannah Ryburn gesturing while in a boat with 5 other researchers.

Conserving critically endangered scalloped hammerheads in the Galapagos

Savannah Ryburn, A UNC Ph.D. student in the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, has dedicated the last five years to researching the diet of juvenile blacktip and scalloped hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos Islands using a cutting-edge technique called metabarcoding.

Studying the resilience of carbon-accumulating seagrass

Through the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, Olivia Key ’25 conducted research on the resilience of seagrass beds, which have a potentially valuable role in reducing net carbon emissions in relation to climate change.

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University Research Week 2023: “A Climate of Change at Carolina”

This year, University Research Week (URW) will highlight exceptional achievements of Carolina researchers across our many disciplines addressing changing climates. To attend the many events highlighting research this week, visit https://researchweek.unc.edu/.

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