Category: Media & News

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.

Calculating COVID-19’s educational costs
Cassandra R. Davis studies the impact of natural disasters on schools and communities. Now the public policy professor is turning her attention to the impact of another kind of disaster … Read more

Helping hungry kids
The Homebound Project, an online theater initiative co-founded by Carolina alumna and playwright Catya McMullen, is raising money to help feed children affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

UNC team receives NSF RAPID grant for lung-mucus strategy to mitigate COVID-19 transmission, infection
An interdisciplinary team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received funding to explore the critical role of airway mucus in the transmission, infection and spread versus … Read more

Yurco named 2020 Manager of the Year
Laura Yurco in the department of chemistry has been named 2020 Manager of the Year. She joined the department of chemistry in 2017 with over 13 years of experience with the University.

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

New grad certificate preps students to innovate for public good
Solving complex economic, social and environmental problems requires the working on cross-disciplinary teams. A new graduate certificate program will help students learn and practice design thinking and other required skills.

Inequality amplifies African Americans’ COVID-19 risk
Recent data shows that minorities are more at risk for contracting COVID-19 and experiencing poor health outcomes. In particular, African Americans in COVID-19 hot spots are twice as likely to die from … Read more

Science festival, physics and astronomy set world record
Duane Deardorff and Shane Brogan helped the North Carolina Science Festival team set the record for the highest launch from a Galilean cannon.

Broadband providers adjust as internet use spikes under COVID-19
Global stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19 have shifted even more of people’s daily lives onto the internet, and providers have struggled to keep pace.

Front porch revival
With origins in the South, outdoor spaces are fostering a sense of ‘we are all in this together.’ The Kelly family on the porch of their home on Ransom Street … Read more

During a Pandemic, Strong Public Policy Can Save Lives
When it comes to a country’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease, strong public health policy can mean the difference between life or death for millions.

One strange semester
Impressions, insights and lessons learned by faculty during spring’s historic shift to remote teaching.

Something magical happened
Longtime music professor Jim Ketch will retire July 1. Because of Ketch’s career of significant influence on and service to North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper recently conferred Ketch as a … Read more

Marwick awarded Carnegie Fellowship
Associate professor of communication Alice Marwick’s research project questions narratives of online radicalization, asking how and why people come to believe fringe, false or extremist viewpoints that they encounter on … Read more

The Disease Ecologist
Michael Emch has spent decades tracking the spread of infectious diseases in human populations around the world. Now he confronts what it means to teach and conduct research during a … Read more

What they’re trained for
Biomedical engineers at Carolina and NC State respond to COVID-19 by teaming to speed the development of an emergency ventilator.

Carolina to host a Class of 2020 virtual celebration
At 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 10, the University will hold a Class of 2020 video watch party celebration so graduates and their families can celebrate together until it’s safe … Read more