News and Features
Supporting Carolina veterans: Dedra Ming
Whether it was as an aviation structural mechanic in the Navy or building her own house or transitioning to life as a college student, Carolina sophomore Dedra Ming has never shied away from a new challenge.
New research on imposter stars may improve astronomical data
UNC-Chapel Hill measures flashes of light, often mistaken for stars, reflecting off satellites and space trash in Earth’s orbit.
Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s feature: “Doctors’ Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an Elite Profession” by Tania M. Jenkins.
Rise in the rankings
Offering real-world experience, academic theory and classes that pay attention to social issues, Carolina’s graduate sport administration program ranks 11th internationally.
Honor society to recognize achievements of first-generation college students
A new campus chapter of the Tri Alpha Honors Society recognizes and celebrates the academic achievements of first-generation undergraduate students, graduate students and even faculty and staff members who were the first in their families to attend college.
UNC Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Extreme Weather Events with Interdisciplinary Approach
Piehler, along with Elizabeth Frankenberg and Rick Luettich, are leading a new project combining methods, insights, and data to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies for future storms and flooding.
Carolina People: Clara Yang
Clara Yang, associate professor and head of keyboard studies in the music department, speaks about her work amidst COVID-19.
Sabato offers national, state election predictions
Compared to 2016, this year there are more polls, higher-quality polls and pollsters who are driven to get it right, Sabato told Frey Lecture attendees.
High-Resolution Drone and Aerial Imagery Helps Engage Farmers in Galapagos Highlands
UNC undergraduate Mia Colloredo-Mansfeld, UNC PhD candidate Francisco Laso and UNC researcher Javier Arce-Nazario have engaged farmers in mapping their own land and shared aerial images with them in order to further the sharing of agricultural knowledge.
Banjo by chance
UNC senior Anne Jarrell picked up the banjo on a whim at age 14 when her dad rescued one from a dumpster. She’s now been honored for her skills with the instrument by the International Bluegrass Music Association.
Marine sciences community mourns the loss of Pete Peterson
Charles H. “Pete” Peterson, Ph.D., 74, distinguished professor emeritus at the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences, passed away Oct. 24 surrounded by family in his Pine Knoll Shores home.
Rethinking election traditions
The Founding Fathers thought the Electoral College was a good idea, and Congress picked Tuesday as the best day to vote back in 1845. But are these election traditions still relevant today?
Virtual Symposium Explores Love and Desire in Modern Iran and the Diaspora
The Persian Studies program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently hosted a virtual symposium entitled “Revisiting Discourses of Love, Sex, and Desire in Modern Iran and the Diaspora.”
Reppin’ Research: Alyson Nelson
OUR Student Ambassadors are a group of undergraduate researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill who work with the Office for Undergraduate Research in the College of Arts & Sciences to promote a culture of research on campus. Featured researcher: Alyson Nelson.
Reppin’ Research: Brett Harris
OUR Student Ambassadors are a group of undergraduate researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill who work with the Office for Undergraduate Research in the College of Arts & Sciences to promote a culture of research on campus. Featured researcher: Brett Harris.
Reppin’ Research: Sriya Kongala
OUR Student Ambassadors are a group of undergraduate researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill who work with the Office for Undergraduate Research in the College of Arts & Sciences to promote a culture of research on campus. Featured researcher: Sriya Kongala.
A Terrific Trio
Three undergraduate researchers, under the leadership of UNC-Chapel Hill geographer Diego Riveros-Iregui, spent two months in Ecuador’s northern Andes Mountains exploring climate change.
Hettleman Award winner Andrea Bohlman
Andrea Bohlman is an associate professor in the Department of Music and a recipient of the 2020 Hettleman Award for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.
Hettleman Award winner William Sturkey
William Sturkey is an associate professor in the Department of History and a recipient of the 2020 Hettleman Award for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.
Hettleman Award winner Mohit Bansal
Mohit Bansal is the John R. & Louise S. Parker Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and a recipient of the 2020 Hettleman Award for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.