Summer Jazz Workshop offers free concerts June 17-21
The third annual UNC Summer Jazz Workshop June 17-21 will feature free nightly concerts open to the public.
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May 2013
PlayMakers’ Summer Youth Conservatory to perform ‘Sweeney Todd’
A cast of young student actors will perform Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” July 17-21 at the Center for Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Undergraduate research: Farming and feeding Watauga County
They say home is where the heart is. For recent alumna Jessica Kennedy, home is also the subject of her undergraduate research. With her father active in local government, Kennedy grew up familiar with the social issues of Watauga County — an uncertain transition from an agricultural based economy, hunger and poverty.
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American Council of Learned Societies awards fellowships to support research
Faculty and graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences have won 2013 fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to support their research. ACLS, based in New York City, is a private, nonprofit federation of 71 national scholarly organizations in the humanities and related social sciences. Founded in 1919, its mission
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Pitelka named new director of Carolina Asia Center
Morgan Pitelka, associate professor of Asian studies, has been named the new director of the Carolina Asia Center.
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Undergraduate research: Preventing PTSD
Undergraduate researcher Coertney Scoggin is trying to answer the question: Is it possible to prevent a painful condition like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
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Clean energy for when the cows come home
Undergraduate researcher Ann Soltan (environmental studies, American studies ’13) wants to put solar energy to work on California dairy farms while saving farmers a bit of cash.
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Yole (“come together”) connects UNC, Africa
“Yole” means come together. And Yole!Africa US is helping students in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and students at UNC come together to create positive change through cultural exchange.
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New York’s The TEAM to present theatrical work at PlayMakers May 29
New York theater ensemble The TEAM – which will be developing a new performance piece while in residence with PlayMakers Repertory Company at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — will unveil its work-in-progress May 29 at 7:30 p.m. at Frey Rehearsal Hall in the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road.
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Seventy-nine undergraduates to spend the summer engaged in research
Seventy-nine undergraduate students at UNC will spend the summer engaged in research, thanks to 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURFs) awarded by the Office for Undergraduate Research.
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