Hear Yan Song, director of UNC’s Program on Chinese Cities, speak on “Urbanization in China: Critical Issues in an Era of Rapid Growth” Sept 5 at 6 pm at the FedEx Global Education Center. Song and artist Barbara Tyroler will discuss “Beijing Impressions: Portraits of a Shifting Landscape,” currently on display at the Center. An …
As UNC marine scientist Marc Alperin says, “You can’t study the environment without going into the environment.” Going “into the environment” is what this unique marine science class is all about. (WATCH A VIDEO)
Donald Haggis and Seth Kotch in the College of Arts and Sciences have received National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awards for research that explores an archaeological project on the island of Crete and Civil Rights-era journalism.
With each breath, we inhale life-sustaining, oxygen-rich air. But that same air is also riddled with germs that threaten our health. Now, in collaboration between the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine, scientists reveal evolution’s design for keeping our lungs clean and healthy.
S. Philip Morgan and co-authors Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Christine Bachrach and Hans Peter Kohler have received the 2012 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography. Morgan is a professor in UNC’s sociology department and director of the Carolina Population Center (CPC). The award was presented to Morgan by the American Sociological Association’s …
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PlayMakers Repertory Company’s innovative, intimate PRC 2 second-stage series returns this fall with “An Illiad” opening Sept. 5-9.
UNC has always been rich in legends and traditions. One popular legend says that if you take a sip of water from the Old Well on the first day of classes, you’ll get a 4.0 GPA. Enjoy this time-lapse video of students stopping by for a sip of good luck.
Arne Kalleberg, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, won a top Academy of Management award for his book, “Good Jobs, Bad Jobs: The Rise of Polarized and Precarious Employment Systems in the United States, 1970s to 2000s.” Kalleberg is Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts and …
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PlayMakers Repertory Company is bringing back open captioning at selected performances during its 2012-2013 season. Open captioning enhances play-going enjoyment by allowing the audience to read along with the play. A screen is visible to the audience, which displays the text of the play as the actors are speaking it. A professional open captioning operator …
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While the American women’s gymnastics team is shining at the London Olympics, an outstanding Carolina gymnast has been having an international adventure of her own.
