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An African-American family gathers around the table for dinner. The dinner is outside.

Savor the stories of Southern food

What we eat helps us understand history, cultures, traditions and each other, say two Carolina experts — Michelle Lanier and Elizabeth Engelhardt.


Old Well in spring surrounded by flowers. By Donn Young.

Center for Slavic, Eastern European & Eurasian Studies receives National Resource Center Designation

The Center for Slavic, Eastern European & Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at UNC-Chapel Hill has been designated as a National Resource Center (NRC) for language and area studies by the U.S. Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education office.


Photo of Saba Eskandarian standing outside Sitterson Hall is placed on a graphic that says "NSF Career Award," with the computer science department logo.

Eskandarian receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Saba Eskandarian was awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The CAREER program offers NSF’s most prestigious awards in support of junior faculty.


The outside of the building of the Liszt Ferenc Academy.

Recent music graduate Matthew Svec awarded Fulbright

Recent music graduate Matthew Svec, B.A. 2023, has big plans for next year. This spring, Svec was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award to study at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.


A group shot of the EMERGE attendees outside underneath the trees. They are smiling at the camera.

EMERGE Annual Workshop supports the future of engineering programming

The EMERGE Annual Workshop convened for the second time at UNC-Chapel Hill to unite a community of faculty and staff who are developing and enhancing new engineering programs. The department of applied physical sciences at UNC launched EMERGE in 2020 with support from the Kern Family Foundation.


A flooded city is surrounded by trees and buildings under water.

Digital resource helps community planners prep for natural disasters

The Coastal Resilience Center has launched a website to help communities plan for and evaluate hazards like hurricanes and wildfires. Phil Berke in the College of Arts and Sciences is a leader of the project.


A team of Ph.D. students sits in a circle in chairs, brainstorming ideas.

Sci-athon: Creating Innovative Ideas Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Collaboration is one of the most important skills for graduate students to experience. The UNC department of chemistry hosts an annual three-day competition called Sci-athon that invites teams of graduate students from various STEM disciplines to come up with the next big idea in chemistry.


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