Have you got the gardening bug yet? Spring is just around the corner, and with it the promise of fresh vegetables. Sprout UNC makes it easy, by bringing those fresh veggies straight from a local farm to you.
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Jeff Spinner-Halev, Kenan Eminent Professor of Political Science, has been named an Abbey Fellow. Fellows provide critical links between their departments and the Academic Advising Program.
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John Kao, author of “Innovation Nation,” and UNC alumnus Gary White, co-founder and chief executive officer of Water.org, will discuss “Changing the World through Innovation” in a free public talk March 4 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Five years ago, UNC marine biologists proposed a theory that sea turtles and salmon use the Earth’s magnetic forces to find their way back to their birthplace after migrating across thousands of miles of open, featureless sea. Now, those same researchers have found a way to test that theory in salmon – and found it to be true.
Salmon use Earth’s magnetic field to find their way home Read More »
Cuban percussionist, composer and educator Dafnis Prieto and his sextet will headline the 36th annual Carolina Jazz Festival Feb. 17-23 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Cuban percussionist brings the beat to 36th jazz festival Read More »
Mary Karr, author of The New York Times bestselling memoir “The Liars’ Club,” will speak Feb. 27 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at 7:30 p.m. in the Genome Sciences Building auditorium. She will also participate in panel discussions before the talk.
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Critically acclaimed author Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie will participate in a forum on the relationship between literature and human rights on Tuesday, February 26 at 5:30 p.m.
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Twenty-four instructors in 18 different departments or schools, many in the College of Arts and Sciences, received 2013 University Teaching Awards at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2013 University Teaching Awards honor instructors across disciplines Read More »
Maryann Feldman, a public policy professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will receive the 2013 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research.
Feldman wins global entrepreneurship award Read More »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present computer science alumni Lawrence Kesteloot and Ted Kim with technical achievements awards. The nine Scientific and Technical Awards do not necessarily represent achievements developed or introduced in 2012; instead, the achievements show a proven record of contributing significant value to making motion pictures. Kesteloot, who
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