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School of Civic Life and Leadership adds faculty to enhance student experience and campus initiatives
The school, which is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, welcomes 11 new faculty members and two new adjunct associate professors.
Meet a Tar Heel: Julianne Davis, geological sciences researcher
Doctoral student Julianne Davis studies the movement of mud and sand through subarctic rivers and lakes, including water systems in Alberta, Canada, and interior Alaska.
Collaborating with communities on coastal resilience research
James P. Collins, a Ph.D. student in city and regional planning, spent the summer Down East interviewing North Carolina residents about chronic coastal flooding.
Meet a Tar Heel: Katherine Ropp, bassist and linguist
A senior, Ropp has used her time at Carolina to study French in Chapel Hill and in Paris, France, all while balancing her passion for music education and performance.
Meet a Tar Heel: Conor Kerr, undergraduate sport statistician
Kerr founded the Sports Analysis Intelligence Laboratory to connect undergraduate students with a passion for statistics with opportunities through Carolina Athletics.
In School of Civic Life and Leadership pilot, students to exercise free expression, civil discourse
New Tar Heels will move through issues, literally, in a half-hour program led by School of Civic Life and Leadership faculty.
Tar Heels first to check satellite data on small rivers
The first-year students’ measurements of a California river revealed new capabilities of NASA’s topography satellite.
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