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Winston Center tackles crisis of teens and screens

With groundbreaking research linking social media habits to brain changes, the center also provides career training and public awareness.

Carolina junior competes on ‘Jeopardy!’

Stephanie Pierson, a Carolina junior studying history, will appear on “Jeopardy!” Wednesday, Feb. 22. It will be the Tar Heel’s second appearance on the show, also competing in 2019 as a high school student.

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Tar Heels build language confidence with virtual reality

Tar Heels in Caroline Sibley’s Advanced Arabic class use virtual reality to explore a virtual world with students in Morocco and Algeria in real-time to hone their language skills.

Two FEMA members, one wearing a vest with "FEMA" on the back, on a road lined with rubble and bent trees.

Disaster response should be equitable

A UNC Coastal Resilience Center study of four hard-hit counties shows how agencies can better support vulnerable communities.

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Carolina wins grant for undergraduate climate change research in Ecuador

UNC-Chapel Hill has been selected to receive a grant from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Fund. With this funding, students at UNC and Universidad San Francisco de Quito will conduct climate change research and continue to build upon the universities’ strategic partnership.

UNC-Chapel Hill named a top producer of Fulbright U.S. students

In the 2022-23 cycle, 16 Tar Heels were selected for the award. Recent graduates and current graduate students are pursuing year-long graduate studies, research or English teaching in one of more than 160 countries.

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Sloan Fellowships awarded to two Carolina researchers

Nicolas Pégard and Pedro Sáenz, faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences, have been awarded 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships, among the most prestigious awards given to early-career scientists.

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