Category: News

Confronting Antisemitism
In a new one-credit-hour course that is part of the College of Arts & Sciences’ Countering Hate initiative, students are learning from guest speakers who address a wide range of … Read more

Entrepreneurship infused
Carolina students from the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship and Kenan-Flagler Business School carve inventive learning paths that combine anything-but-ordinary experiences.

Biologist Karin Pfennig wins grand prize in NSF’s Idea Machine competition
Winning entries will help inform NSF’s research agenda through the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026 and beyond.

#GDTBATH: Jonah Lewis
By day, junior Jonah Lewis studies history and information science at Carolina. But at night, you’ll find him performing comedy at open mic nights around Chapel Hill.

Partners in leadership
Launched in 2000, the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program helps Carolina and Duke students reach their full leadership potential through year-round programming and the opportunity for students to take courses at … Read more

Focus Carolina: John Bruno
John Bruno is a marine ecologist and professor in the Department of Biology. His research is focused on the impact of climate change on the ocean and marine ecosystems.

Computer scientist Mohit Bansal receives two prestigious awards
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the prestigious Director’s Fellowship to assistant professor Mohit Bansal. He has also received the Microsoft Investigator Fellowship, a two-year fellowship that recognizes … Read more

Taj recognized as 2020 MLK Unsung Hero
Associate professor Afroz Taj of the Asian studies department was the faculty honoree while the staff honoree was Dawna Jones, assistant dean of students and chair of the Carolina Black … Read more

Transformational gift to fund new sports medicine complex
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced a transformational gift to support constructing a sports medicine complex that will enable further advances in its world-leading traumatic brain … Read more

Well Said: A profession of mythic proportions
On this week’s podcast, author and Carolina professor Daniel Wallace gives us a look into the life and the mind of a writer.

Four graduate students win Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
Four students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2019 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows Program.

The Timber Chronicles
As a paleoclimatologist, Erika Wise studies climate trends from the past thousand years. Her methods of inquiry may be complicated — using microscopic crossdating and isotope analysis — but her … Read more

Short Story Vending Machines Connect UNC Writers and Readers
The vending machines installed last spring around campus and the Chapel Hill community are serving up something different—short stories and poetry written by faculty, students, and staff, along with short … Read more

Physics and astronomy department wins National Teaching Award
The UNC department of physics and astronomy has won a national teaching award.

#GDTBATH: Sakari Singleton
While studying abroad in Spain last semester, Sakari Singleton built relationships with the local community and with other international students, learning how to connect with strangers through a language that … Read more

Scenes from around the globe
Entries in the Carolina Global Photography Competition show a range of global activity, educational opportunities, research and service work.

PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Everybody, by 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents “Everybody,” the award-winning, Pulitzer Prize finalist comedy directed by Orlando Pabotoy that asks us to consider: What is a life well lived?

Exploring the changing coast of North Carolina
Hard science and creative writing combine in a Carolina course that explores one of the state’s most magnificent treasures.

Serving the Chapel Hill community
As senior Tai Huynh begins his final semester at Carolina, he’ll be splitting time between his computer science courses and serving the Town of Chapel Hill as a Town Council … Read more

Personalized drug delivery in 3D
On a mission for innovation and translational science, Rahima Benhabbour is using 3D-printing technology and her startup company AnelleO to create a breakthrough in women’s health.