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Taj recognized as 2020 MLK Unsung Hero

January 24, 2020

Associate professor Afroz Taj of the Asian studies department was the faculty honoree while the staff honoree was Dawna Jones, assistant dean of students and chair of the Carolina Black Caucus.

Transformational gift to fund new sports medicine complex

January 24, 2020

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced a transformational gift to support constructing a sports medicine complex that will enable further advances in its world-leading traumatic brain injury research.

The Timber Chronicles

January 22, 2020

As a paleoclimatologist, Erika Wise studies climate trends from the past thousand years. Her methods of inquiry may be complicated — using microscopic crossdating and isotope analysis — but her research begins with something far more common: trees.

Short Story Vending Machines Connect UNC Writers and Readers

January 17, 2020

The vending machines installed last spring around campus and the Chapel Hill community are serving up something different—short stories and poetry written by faculty, students, and staff, along with short works of literature from around the world.

#GDTBATH: Sakari Singleton

January 15, 2020

While studying abroad in Spain last semester, Sakari Singleton built relationships with the local community and with other international students, learning how to connect with strangers through a language that she’s grown to love.

Scenes from around the globe

January 15, 2020

Entries in the Carolina Global Photography Competition show a range of global activity, educational opportunities, research and service work.