A fifth-year social psychology Ph.D. student, Jieni Zhou researches the intersection of well-being and romantic relationships.

Senior Julia Elliott spent a semester learning about coastal ecology and policy with the Park Service at the Outer Banks Field Site.

Anna Atencio was a member of the first Chancellor’s Science Scholars cohort. Now she helps tell the unseen story below the seafloor as a geophysicist on the coast of North Carolina.

Jim White, the College’s new dean, is a climate scientist and a consensus-builder.

Geographer Javier Arce-Nazario uses innovative mapping technologies to help communities in the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Rico and beyond.

The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at Carolina and NC State leverages the best of both universities to create a unique program for students.

Graduate student Dailihana Alfonesca uses creative writing as a way to understand and express issues of identity and trauma, both those unique to her experience and those shared by other Latina women.

Established by the trustees in 1984, the William Richardson Davie Award recognizes extraordinary service to the University or society.

While the woodshop, 3D printers and laser cutters in Carolina’s makerspaces may bring ideas to life, student workers play a critical role in keeping Tar Heels making.

The professor of English is known for his stories, essays and novels, including “Big Fish,” which was adapted as a movie and Broadway musical.