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Heather Ward and five students stand in front of a sign for Taylor's University.

Carolina joins Japan-led global education initiative

UNC has launched a five-year initiative, partnering with Japan’s Inter-University Exchange Project, in order to strengthen ties between U.S. and Japanese universities.


Black and white photo shows Jacquelyn Dowd Hall interviewing people as they chat with each other.

Southern Oral History Program turns 50

Its interviewers record the stories of ordinary and prominent Southerners alike to better understand history. The Southern Oral History Program is based in the College of Arts and Sciences.


Pink spring flowers sprout from a tree in front of a building on the UNC campus. (photo by Donn Young)

Two College of Arts and Sciences departments awarded Mellon grants

The departments of African, African American and diaspora studies and women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill have been awarded grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Affirming Multivocal Humanities initiative.  


Old Well surrounded by pink flowers in spring.

Patricia S. Parker wins IDEA Engagement Award from National Communication Association

Patricia S. Parker received the 2023 IDEA Engagement Award from the National Communication Association in recognition of her teaching, scholarship and service within the communication discipline.


Archive photo of Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer sitting and looking over a notebook together.

Spectacle and silence: Music of the atomic age

Anna Gatdula in the department of music is exploring the concepts of silence, sound and spectacle through her research of the operatic and film music of the American Atomic Age.


A collage shows Carolina students with "Give UNC 3-26-24" in the middle of the graphic.

Today is GiveUNC!

Today is GiveUNC! Show your support for the students, faculty and programs that make Carolina a place like no other. Make a gift today!


Julianne Davis stands in a river in waders

Testing the waters

Geological sciences doctoral student Julianne Davis studies the movement of mud and sand through subarctic rivers and lakes


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