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A picture of the Evryscope dome with a pink and lavendar sky in the background.

Well Said: Proxima b and the Evryscope

In this week’s “Well Said” podcast, assistant professor Nicholas Law from the physics and astronomy department discusses the Evryscope, how it is used to monitor 50 million stars and what they’ve found so far.

Students at Kent Place School in New Jersey won the sixth annual National High School Ethics Bowl. Students are pictured here sitting at a table with their trophy.

Kent Place School wins sixth annual National High School Ethics Bowl

Kent Place School from Summit, New Jersey, won the 2018 National High School Ethics Bowl. Students from across the United States came to UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss complex and timely ethical dilemmas collaboratively in the sixth annual event.

J. Ross MacDonald Professor Daniel Wallace teaches creative writing, which has long been a popular minor, but will become a new major concentration as well this fall. (photo by Donn Young)

Double up and pick a concentration: English offers perfect pairing with any major

The department of English and comparative literature will offer seven new major concentrations beginning this fall. Want to make yourself more marketable? Students are encouraged to pair their English major with natural sciences, social sciences and more.

Anthropology Ph.D. student Achsah Dorsey is shown working with patients.

Iron woman crosses hemispheres to wipe out anemia

During her initial pre-dissertation fieldwork in Lima, anthropology Ph.D. candidate Achsah Dorsey met with a number of women about their primary health concerns. “Every person I spoke to wanted to know more about anemia and its effect on their children,” she said.

A delegation from King's College London recently visited UNC-Chapel Hill. The guests are standing in front of the Old Well.

UNC-Chapel Hill hosts King’s College London delegation

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill welcomed a delegation from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at King’s College London April 16-19, 2018, including Russell Goulbourne, dean, and Raphael Woolf, vice dean of external relations.

A University of North Carolian at Chapel Hill team led by geologist Tamlin Pavelsky has received funding from NASA’s Earth Science Division to expand a pilot citizen science program to measure lake water storage from North Carolina to the globe. (photo courtesy of the Institute for the Environment) Pavelsky is shown here with another researcher embedded in the lake measuring water quality.

UNC team wins $1.5 million NASA grant to study water storage in lakes

A UNC team led by geologist Tamlin Pavelsky has received $1.5 million from NASA’s Earth Science Division to expand a pilot citizen science program to measure lake water storage from North Carolina to the globe. Pavelsky’s team was one of six chosen from a group of 16 prototype projects at institutions around the country.

Beautiful shot of spring trees with pink flowers blooming as a students walks past buildings on the UNC Campus.

UNC-Chapel Hill receives $10 million commitment from Pope Foundation to advance core areas of excellence and service

On April 23, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced a $10 million commitment from the John William Pope Foundation to support a combination of core areas where Carolina excels: cancer research, multidisciplinary and innovative thinking, excellence in sport and being of and serving the state’s citizens.

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