Category: Media & News
Global Heel Profile: Hannah Gill and the Building Integrated Communities Program
Hannah Gill has seen her home state of North Carolina change significantly since she was a youth. Gill is the director of the Latino Migration Project and one of the … Read more
An international experience
For Emily Venturi, international education began the moment she set foot on campus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Linking academics, cultures and people
A growing joint-degree program between Carolina and the National University of Singapore allows for a new level of student exchange.
Four students selected as 2019 Carolina Blue Honors Fellows
Four students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were selected as recipients of the 2019 Carolina Blue Honors Fellowship to pursue unique and self-initiated summer internships built … Read more
An Origin Story
Most theoretical physicists don’t see their predictions confirmed in their lifetimes, as it can take centuries to discover the physical phenomena that marks them true. But that hasn’t been the … Read more
Scott Emmons named Churchill Scholar
Scott Emmons, a fourth-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, a research-focused award that provides funding … Read more
PlayMakers presents rolling world premiere of “Jump”
PlayMakers Repertory Company is the first theater to participate in the National New Play Network rolling world premiere of “Jump,” written by emerging playwright Charly Evon Simpson and directed by … Read more
Medicine and storytelling
Last fall, each student in Marc Cohen’s English 105 class spent four hours shadowing a medical professional in the UNC Emergency Department, immersed in the organized chaos of emergency medicine. … Read more
Thousands of stars observed turning into crystals for the first time
The first direct evidence of crystallized white dwarf stars has been discovered by an international team of researchers that includes two former astronomers from the University of North Carolina at … Read more
225 years of Tar Heels: Jonathan Reckford
Carolina alumnus Jonathan Reckford is helping to eliminate barriers to affordable housing worldwide as the CEO of Habitat for Humanity. No matter where you live, you’ve probably heard of Habitat … Read more
The Survivors
Heat-resistant. Cold-weather tough. Outer space savvy. If anything, tardigrades are survivors above all else. But what makes them so resilient? Thomas Boothby strives to figure that out and discover how … Read more
Twenty-four teams from across North Carolina will compete in the North Carolina High School Ethics Bowl
Students from across North Carolina come to UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss complex and timely ethical dilemmas in the seventh annual competition. The seventh annual North Carolina High School Ethics Bowl … Read more
Combating ‘fake news’: UNC team wins international competition for their fact-checking system
The increasing concern over misinformation and “fake news” in the marketplace of ideas has stimulated research efforts on automatic fact-checking via machine learning and natural language processing methods. A UNC-Chapel … Read more
Convening Leaders in the Clean Tech Economy: Feb. 28-March 1
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host its sixth annual UNC Clean Tech Summit on Thursday, February 28, 2019 – Friday, March 1, 2019 at UNC’s Friday … Read more
‘Much learning and healing happened’
Through a fall 2018 research-intensive QEP class, students interviewed nine descendants of a 1921 North Carolina lynching victim at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, … Read more