In The Media
The Washington Post
August 8, 2022
The big bang created the universe. What created the big bang?
In her book, “Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond,” quantum cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton focuses on the prequel to this galactic episode, pondering what happened beforehand that put our universe in the position to be banged open. Students of … Continued
BBC Inside Science
August 1, 2022
Multiverses, melting glaciers and more
The multiverse has gone from philosophical speculation to one of the most credible explanations of our universe’s origins. UNC cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton tells all. BBC Inside Science Mersini-Houghton’s new book is Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond (Harper … Continued
Science Magazine
July 21, 2022
Setting college students up for success
What does it mean to have an inclusive college classroom? How can we promote inclusion—both inside and outside the classroom—and help students from different backgrounds succeed in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)? Authors Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy, both STEM professors at the University … Continued
The Today Show (NBC)
July 21, 2022
Marine scientists reveal how sharks have changed over 50 years
Researchers from UNC’s Institute of Marine Sciences are sharing the results of their one-of-a-kind shark survey which charts everything from size, species and population. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports with a rare look at how sharks in the U.S. have changed over the 51-year study. The … Continued
The New York Times
July 15, 2022
A Rape Trial, and a Legal Travesty. In 1793.
John Wood Sweet’s “The Sewing Girl’s Tale” tells the story of an unusual prosecution in 18th-century New York — and its contemporary relevance. Sweet is a UNC professor of history. His new book, The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary … Continued
The Atlantic
July 7, 2022
Why These Frogs Make ‘the Grossest Blunder in Sexual Preference’
When rain falls and water is plentiful, the sex lives of plains spadefoot toads are pretty, well, plain. Females prowl ponds for the suitor with the most winsome call; they pair off to couple, churning out legions of eggs that will hatch into, as genetics … Continued
The Times of Israel
July 6, 2022
Earliest depictions of biblical Deborah, Yael found at 5th-century Galilee synagogue
Archaeologists working at a dig in the Galilean town of Huqoq have uncovered the earliest known depictions of the biblical heroines Deborah and Yael, in mosaics that are thought to be nearly 1,600 years old. The find, announced by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s … Continued