Category: In The Media
‘We Have Never Been In A Time That Was This Partisan’: UNC Scholar on Polarization
What’s causing this rise in polarization? How does today’s polarization compare to other periods in U.S. history? How worried should we be about it? And what can we do to … Continued
Fact check: References to Palestine are ancient
Some social media users are sharing a meme that claims Arafat was the first person to ever reference the land of Palestine. The claim that Arafat was the first to … Continued
Bluefish Blitz: Thousands of fish wash ashore on Ocracoke Island
Residents in Ocracoke Island witnessed a bizarre sight as thousands of fish have been washing ashore as part of an extraordinary migration process. According to UNC Institute of Marine Science’s Janet … Continued
Earlier School Times Don’t Hurt Elementary Students’ Learning, Research Shows
Starting classes earlier in the day doesn’t negatively affect elementary school students’ academic performance, which could be another incentive for some districts that need to stagger start times to delay … Continued
How Black Latinos found a future in an Alabama HBCU after slavery
Much of the Cuban independence movement was based on justice for residents, both Black and white. But following the Spanish-American War, American imperialism on the island brought over the United States’ racial ideas at … Continued
Florida’s waterways are contaminated post-Ian, raising concerns
Hurricane Ian, which initially made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, left scars not only on the land but also in the water. Such human-induced pollutants and nutrients … Continued
Jodi Magness on “Who’s Talking” with D.G. Martin
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at UNC-Chapel Hill, shares the latest about her work at Huqoq in Israel, including more about the … Continued
Hurricane Ian expected to bring ‘life-threatening’ storm surge
Conditions are combining for potentially catastrophic storm surge as Hurricane Ian approaches. NBC News’ Kerry Sanders explains why the Gulf of Mexico helps fuel hurricanes. Rick Luettich from the Institute of … Continued
On Air Today: Humanities for the Public Good
Aaron Keck chats with Ashley Melzer, director of UNC’s Humanities for the Public Good Initiative, about their weeklong symposium next week. HPG will bring together students, artists, scholars and others … Continued
Researchers experimenting to create better recycled plastics
What is written on the glass partitions in this chemistry lab may look like another language, but it could be the key to unlocking a solution to America’s plastic predicament. … Continued
The US should cancel a lot more than $10,000 in student debt
On paper, US President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan looks pretty good. But the overall numbers obscure one key downside of the plan: It will do little to help … Continued
UNC professor’s sponsorship model predicts length of deals, renewal rates
At a time when predictive analytics are regularly employed to assess yield for ticket sales, and touted as the ultimate tool to assess player performance, a University of North Carolina … Continued
Cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton: ‘Our universe is one tiny grain of dust in a beautiful cosmos’
Laura Mersini-Houghton’s first book, “Before the Big Bang,” describes her quest to illuminate the origins of our universe and prove that we are one of many universes in a much … Continued
All-seeing telescope will snap exploding stars, may spy a hidden world
The Argus telescopes join others aiming to capture short-lived or rapidly changing astrophysical events, known as transients, including exploding stars, ravenous black holes, neutron star mergers, and maybe even stars … Continued
Experts explain how water quality is impacted on North Carolina coast
“Water quality for people has lots of different ways it manifests itself,” Mike Piehler, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences professor said. “You have water quality in that water is clean … Continued
Five things to know about UNC-Chapel Hill’s curriculum overhaul that launches this fall
First-year and transfer students at UNC-Chapel Hill have moved into their dorms and are learning how to navigate campus just as classes before them have. But when classes start Monday … Continued
The big bang created the universe. What created the big bang?
In her book, “Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond,” quantum cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton focuses on the prequel to this galactic episode, pondering what … Continued
Multiverses, melting glaciers and more
The multiverse has gone from philosophical speculation to one of the most credible explanations of our universe’s origins. UNC cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton tells all. BBC Inside Science Mersini-Houghton’s new book … Continued
Setting college students up for success
What does it mean to have an inclusive college classroom? How can we promote inclusion—both inside and outside the classroom—and help students from different backgrounds succeed in science, technology, engineering, … Continued
Marine scientists reveal how sharks have changed over 50 years
Researchers from UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences are sharing the results of their one-of-a-kind shark survey which charts everything from size, species and population. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports with a … Continued