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$25 million gift helps secure graduate students’ future
A transformational $25 million bequest to the UNC College of Arts & Sciences ensures a bright future for graduate students. The gift from an anonymous donor will enable the College … Continued
Q&A: North Carolina’s history of Latin American migration
Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of the Americas Hannah Gill spoke to UNC News about the past and future of Latin American migration to North Carolina.
KATRIN cuts the mass estimate for the elusive neutrino in half; UNC is part of international collaboration
An international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in its quest to measure the mass of the neutrino, one of the most abundant, yet elusive, elementary particles in our … Continued
Meet the Makers
BeAM@Carolina is a network of makerspaces created by the applied physical sciences department in the College of Arts & Sciences in fall 2016. The 3,500-square-foot BeAM space in Murray Hall … Continued
How to accomplish almost any goal
Paschal Sheeran’s research has found that we successfully achieve our goals only half the time. Here he shares three steps to go from dreaming to doing. We all daydream about … Continued
225 Years of Carolina Architecture
“The campus at Chapel Hill … is a North Carolina museum of American architecture.” — art professor John V. Allcott Updated edition of a seminal 1986 book celebrates the history … Continued
Leader in national intelligence teaching class about 9/11
Admiral Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence, joins Peace, War and Defense curriculum faculty at Carolina.
Carolina ranked the third best public school in the nation by the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education
UNC-Chapel Hill ranked third among all public universities nationwide by the 2020 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Carolina also ranked 33rd among both public and private universities, putting … Continued
Record 23 students awarded Fulbrights for global research and teaching
Twenty three students and recent graduates have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2019-2020 academic year, the highest number of recipients from UNC-Chapel Hill … Continued
Students play dress-up to bring joy to hospitalized children
Members of A Moment of Magic regularly transform into princesses or fairies, knights or comic book heroes to bring joy to a child in need. The group is part of … Continued
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Nambi E. Kelley’s “Native Son”
PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly opens its 2019/20 Mainstage season with Nambi E. Kelley’s powerful and heart-stopping adaptation of Richard Wright’s “Native Son”. Directed by Colette Robert, and featuring original music … Continued
Research UNCovered: Eleftheria “Ria” Kontou
Eleftheria “Ria” Kontou is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of City and Regional Planning. She uses transportation models to uncover whether ride-sourcing platforms like Uber and Lyft affect … Continued
A summer in public safety
Carolina senior Purshotam Aruwani, biology and political science double major, had the opportunity to intern with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Aruwani focused on identifying gaps in current … Continued
How Diamond Holloman finds resilience in Lumberton
Diamond Holloman, a Ph.D. candidate in Carolina’s Environment, Ecology and Energy program, is the first recipient of a post-Florence disaster relief grant from the Carolina Center for Public Service. She … Continued
Shaping national issues on a local level
UNC-CH junior and policy/economics major Abby Boettcher was a 2019 APPLES summer intern with Wake County Commissioner Matt Calabria. A native of Cary, North Carolina, Boettcher spent her summer conducting … Continued
Musicology doctoral student Stella Zhizhi Li receives 2019-20 Glass Graduate Fellowship
Stella Zhizhi Li, a UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral student in musicology, has been selected to serve as the Harold J. Glass USAF Graduate Fellow for academic year 2019-2020.
Asian studies’ Uffe Bergeton receives Hettleman Prize
Asian studies’ Uffe Bergeton was among four winners of the 2019 annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. They were awarded to faculty who exemplify groundbreaking … Continued
Climate change, human activity lead to nearshore coral growth decline
Declining growth of Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System corals predicts trouble for worldwide reefs.
Keohane Visiting Professor’s fall residency to focus on philanthropy and the academy
Sherry Magill, former president/executive director of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, will spend the fall 2019 semester at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University focusing on the issue of philanthropy and … Continued
Cecelia Tucker awarded 2019 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship in creative writing
First-year student Cecelia Tucker of Asheville has been awarded the 2019 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a full, four-year merit scholarship in creative writing in the College of Arts & Sciences at … Continued