The stories we live have a profound impact on the way we view ourselves, the people around us and the world at large. A new paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that living a “Hero’s … Read more

With social media occupying a bigger and bigger role in our lives, health experts are increasingly concerned about the role it has on adolescent mental health. “In the span of a generation, social media has really dramatically changed the landscape … Read more

Marcie Cohen Ferris and Bill Ferris have dedicated their lives and careers to cataloging the folkways and foodways of the American South. The couple, both professor emeriti of UNC-Chapel Hill, have published a number of award-winning and noteworthy books about … Read more

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, they are paying homage to a meal that took place more than 400 years ago between a group of colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans in Patuxet, the area now known as Plymouth, Massachusetts. TIME … Read more

WRAL Investigates bought dozens of pieces of sushi to see if the description on the menu is the same fish you get on your plate. … WRAL Investigates put the samples in the freezer until the fish was delivered to … Read more

“The launch of UNC-Chapel Hill’s new School of Civic Life and Leadership is the right move at the right time to rebuild our strained public conversation,” writes interim director and dean Sarah Treul Roberts in this opinion piece in The … Read more

When most club-level indie-rock musicians hit the road to go on tour, they tend to play a straightforward schedule of nightclub venues. But UNC professor Florence Dore rolls a bit differently when it comes to touring endeavors. After releasing her … Read more

Less than a century ago old-fashioned boardinghouses covered the towns and cities where Americans came together for eating and sleeping. Although most boardinghouses might be gone today, memories are firm. Elizabeth Engelhardt, Kenan Eminent Professor of Southern Studies at the University … Read more

The U.S. birthrate languishes at its lowest level in history. Hammered by the Great Recession, soaring student debt, precarious gig employment, skyrocketing home prices and the COVID-19 crisis, millennials probably faced more economic headwinds in their childbearing years than any … Read more

Offering a compliment has been shown to benefit both the giver and receiver, but we often hold back because we’re worried about how we’ll come off, said Erica Boothby, a social psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of … Read more