Category: Global Programs
New Russian Language Flagship Program launches
Carolina’s new Russian Language Flagship Program allows students in any academic background to intensively study Russian and participate in professional development programming tailored to each student. A new program at … Read more
Study abroad goes virtual
This fall, a group of students in the College of Arts & Sciences are experiencing study abroad virtually with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. Karla Estrada Perez, … Read more
Reactivating the Galapagos economy
The UNC Center for Galapagos Studies and its partners are helping island communities recover from the pandemic’s impact.
Asian American Center comes to Carolina, virtually
The new Asian American Center launches a new website and its first programming this week.
UNC-Chapel Hill Ranks 30th in 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked 30th in the world and is tied for 20th in the United States among global universities.
Five Graduate Students Awarded Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Five students were awarded grants under the 2020 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows Program.
Carolina People: Oliver Jones
In the Study Abroad office, Oliver Jones is one of the advisers helping students and faculty navigate study abroad and international projects during the global pandemic.
University to switch to remote instruction, reduce residential density
The shift comes after several reported clusters of positive COVID-19 cases over the past week.
Summer 2020 Study Abroad Courses Transformed into an Online Experience
In an unprecedented academic year, with severe constraints on travel due to the global pandemic, several faculty members have taken a creative approach to offer international education opportunities that were … Read more
Area studies centers host virtual K-12 global education programs
The area studies centers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University collaborated to host a series of global education outreach programs in response to the … Read more
Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s book: “Foundations of Global Health and Human Rights” by Benjamin … Read more
T.J. Turner ’20 combines passion for science, culture and space
T.J. Turner made the most of his time at UNC, double majoring in chemistry and Asian studies with a concentration in Japanese.
For the Love of Language
Since 1984, over 100,000 Karen refugees have fled their homeland of Myanmar to escape civil war. Linguistics PhD students Amy Reynolds and Jen Boehm strive to understand this shift and … Read more
UNC and King’s College London host joint symposium
Intellectual rigor was met with collegial support at a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill joint symposium with King’s College London on political change in Eastern Europe in Spring … Read more
Sounding the Alarm
Racial discrimination is not only a matter of sight — sound can also be racialized. Petal Samuel’s research traces colonial bans on drums and horns included in slave codes to … Read more
Light, liberty and the promotion of black art, history and culture
Massey Award winner Joseph Jordan embodies the University’s “Lux, Libertas” motto and makes the Stone Center a vital part of campus.
A Message from Dean Rhodes
This has been a deeply painful and disturbing week for our nation, with the video that has emerged of George Floyd and his horrible death in police custody in Minneapolis.
Eleven UNC students awarded Fulbrights
Eleven students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Vulnerable workers, unsafe conditions
There have been more than 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in poultry and other meat processing plants in North Carolina, and over 10,000 cases across the United States. The industry … Read more
One strange semester
Impressions, insights and lessons learned by faculty during spring’s historic shift to remote teaching.