UNC awards more than $687,000 in study abroad support to 155 students
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has provided $687,929 in scholarships, fellowships and program support to 155 undergraduates for study abroad during 2014 and 2015.
August 2014
19 UNC Students Awarded Fulbrights for Global Research and Teaching
Nineteen students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. This is the highest number of Fulbright grants awarded to UNC students in a single year, and includes 17 students within the College of Arts and Sciences.
Liu part of Google team that won computer vision challenge
Computer science doctoral student Wei Liu was part of a Google team that won two of six categories in the worldwide ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge 2014.
Archaeologists hit pay dirt at UNC president’s house
Carolina faculty and students often head to far-flung locations to do archaeological field work, but this week, they are unearthing a big piece of the past in their own backyard.
Student’s work in fluids lab inspires math gift
By Del Helton Chris Joy ’13 was so excited about his summer internship that the math major’s parents wanted other Carolina students to benefit from a similar experience. Bob and Molly Joy of Vonore, Tenn., created the Robert Joseph and Myra Ficklen Joy Excellence Fund in the department of mathematics after Chris spent the summer …
Vicki Craver: Supporting ‘the heart of the university’
By Rah Bickley ’86 Vicki Underwood Craver ’92, chair of the Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors, could once be found deep inside the old Venable Hall chemistry lab, toiling over her experiments. If the former chemistry major were a student today, she would find herself in Carolina’s airy, new state-of-the-art physical science complex. …
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Brent Sheerer: Paving the way for student research
By Hope Baptiste ’87 Brent Sheerer ’97 (M.B.A.) didn’t take the easiest road to getting his college education, but for him and his daughter, Kristen, who graduated from UNC in 2013 with a degree in applied sciences, the journey was well worth it. It took Sheerer eight years to earn his undergraduate degree from Youngstown …
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Alumna Profile: Mallory Nickel ’12 teaches on the move
Mallory Nickel, who in early August launched into her second year teaching at Lee Early College High School in Sanford, down U.S. 15-501 just south of Chapel Hill, knows a thing or two about holding teenagers’ attentions.
Carolina welcomes new students to campus
The 3,988 first-year students expected to start classes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill next week were chosen from a record 31,331 applicants. They hail from 94 North Carolina counties, 38 states and the District of Columbia and 24 countries.
What I did this summer: Faculty adventures
This summer, faculty in the College have experienced a tandem bike ride across the country, archaeological excavations in Greece, a music cultural diplomacy trip to India and a visit to El Alto, Bolivia, to study a cable car system in the highest city in the world.