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UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus named 2018 Gates Cambridge Scholar
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumnus William McInerney has been awarded a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which provides full support for graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship, established by a donation to the University of Cambridge from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, supports scholars in a variety of … Continued
UNC-Chapel Hill hosts International Visitor Leadership Program on foreign policy
A delegation from the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) visited Carolina to examine the role of academia in foreign policy.
Carolina alumna and entrepreneur makes a Paris pitch
Edwina Koch, who graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in Romance Languages and a minor from the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship, started a business with a fellow student from England to help au pairs fill the knowledge gap.
Center for Community Capital study: Access to opportunity in Potrero Terrace and Annex
Recently, the UNC Center for Community Capital (CCC) completed an assessment of lower-income people’s access to opportunity in two sites – San Francisco’s Potrero Terrace and Annex and New Orleans’s Columbia Parc.
The art and science of leadership
Dean Kevin Guskiewicz shares his thoughts on leadership in this blog post from the Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
Economics professor to co-lead $50 million blockchain research initiative
Eric Ghysels, Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences and professor of finance at Kenan-Flagler Business School, will co-lead a new research initiative to support academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.
For the love of dog
In a Maymester course, Carolina students examined the bonds between humans and dogs that are so familiar in Western culture but have neither been practiced worldwide nor for very long over the course of human history.