Category: News

Setting a Field Alight
With support from UNC student researchers, Benjamin Mason Meier has finalized a first-of-its-kind textbook integrating human rights policy into public health education — a guiding light to aid the next … Read more

A decorated department turns 100
When looking for leaders over the past century, national organizations and the University have repeatedly turned to Carolina’s sociology department. The sociology department had planned to celebrate its centennial with … Read more

Elizabeth Olson is awarded the George Johnson Prize
Elizabeth Olson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography at UNC-Chapel Hill, is the 2020 recipient of the George Johnson Prize for Distinguished Achievement by an Institute for Arts … Read more

Carolina salutes its employee veterans
Carolina salutes its 342 employees who are U.S. military veterans with stories of a grandfather’s influence starting a soldier’s path to leadership, an unlikely sailor from the NC mountains, and … Read more

Supporting Carolina veterans: Tim Morgan
After a career as an Army Ranger, senior Tim Morgan turned to Carolina to prepare him for his next career in law.

Supporting Carolina veterans: Collin O’Donnell
Collin O’Donnell enlisted in the United States Army right after high school and was leading soldiers in Afghanistan by the time he was 21 years old. Now as a Carolina … Read more

Supporting Carolina veterans: Dedra Ming
Whether it was as an aviation structural mechanic in the Navy or building her own house or transitioning to life as a college student, Carolina sophomore Dedra Ming has never … Read more

Supporting our Tar Heel veterans
Carolina is home to hundreds of student-veterans who served their country before beginning their Tar Heel careers. They have had life experiences that are unlike those of many of their … Read more

New research on imposter stars may improve astronomical data
UNC-Chapel Hill measures flashes of light, often mistaken for stars, reflecting off satellites and space trash in Earth’s orbit.

Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s feature: “Doctors’ Orders: The Making of Status Hierarchies in an … Read more

Rise in the rankings
Offering real-world experience, academic theory and classes that pay attention to social issues, Carolina’s graduate sport administration program ranks 11th internationally.

Honor society to recognize achievements of first-generation college students
A new campus chapter of the Tri Alpha Honors Society recognizes and celebrates the academic achievements of first-generation undergraduate students, graduate students and even faculty and staff members who were … Read more

UNC Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Study Extreme Weather Events with Interdisciplinary Approach
Piehler, along with Elizabeth Frankenberg and Rick Luettich, are leading a new project combining methods, insights, and data to develop adaptation and mitigation strategies for future storms and flooding.

Carolina People: Clara Yang
Clara Yang, associate professor and head of keyboard studies in the music department, speaks about her work amidst COVID-19.

Sabato offers national, state election predictions
Compared to 2016, this year there are more polls, higher-quality polls and pollsters who are driven to get it right, Sabato told Frey Lecture attendees.

High-Resolution Drone and Aerial Imagery Helps Engage Farmers in Galapagos Highlands
UNC undergraduate Mia Colloredo-Mansfeld, UNC PhD candidate Francisco Laso and UNC researcher Javier Arce-Nazario have engaged farmers in mapping their own land and shared aerial images with them in order … Read more

#GDTBATH: Tori Bobrowski
After she graduates from Carolina, sociology and psychology major Tori Bobrowski hopes to earn a master’s degree in social work. But the senior has already started serving and supporting community … Read more

Banjo by chance
UNC senior Anne Jarrell picked up the banjo on a whim at age 14 when her dad rescued one from a dumpster. She’s now been honored for her skills with … Read more

Marine sciences community mourns the loss of Pete Peterson
Charles H. “Pete” Peterson, Ph.D., 74, distinguished professor emeritus at the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences, passed away Oct. 24 surrounded by family in his Pine Knoll Shores home.

Research leads the way
Last spring, the coronavirus pandemic disrupted everything. UNC Research helped chart a course to the new normal.