In the early 2000s, Kenan Professor of English Alan Shapiro received an unusual job offer from Dean Smith.
The ‘complete picture’: The Institute for the Arts and Humanities remembers Dean Smith Read More »
UNC scientists have created a new research tool, based on the fruit fly, to help crack the histone code. This research tool can be used to better understand the function of histone proteins, which play critical roles in the regulation of gene expression in animals and plants.
A first of its kind tool to study the histone code Read More »
A new report issued this week by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security shows that terrorist plots involving Muslim-Americans accounted for only a small fraction of the threats to public safety in the United States. The center publishes its report annually to offer systematic evidence on the pressing issues of terrorism and homeland
The core members of global performance troupe La Pocha Nostra will come together on the Carolina campus for a one-week intensive residency to produce a new work-in-progress.They will debut the piece Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. in Swain Hall. The performance, presented by the department of communication studies in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences,
Communication studies presents world premier by global troupe La Pocha Nostra Read More »
The moment of birth marks the beginning of a beautiful, lifelong relationship between a baby and the billions of microbes that will soon colonize his or her gastrointestinal tract. In a study published today in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, researchers from UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and the UNC School of Medicine
Another breastfeeding benefit: preparing baby’s belly for solid food Read More »
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic masterpiece “An Enemy of the People,” in a searing adaptation by Arthur Miller, Feb. 25 through March 15. PlayMakers is the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
PlayMakers presents ‘An Enemy of the People’ Feb. 25-March 15 Read More »
Master drummer and composer Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band will headline the 38th annual Carolina Jazz Festival Feb. 18-21 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Many events are free at the 38th annual event — which features concerts, workshops, open rehearsals, a Latin jazz night and more.
Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band to headline Carolina Jazz Festival Feb. 18-21 Read More »
Pancreatic cancer cells are notorious for being protected by a fortress of tissue, making it difficult to deliver drugs to either shrink the tumor or stop its growth. Now researchers at UNC have developed a device that could change all that.
Potential pancreatic cancer treatment could increase life expectancy Read More »
The First Year Seminars Program offers innovative, inventive and one-of-a-kind classes designed to help incoming students make the transition from high school to a global research university. (WATCH VIDEO).
First-Year Seminars: Gateway to Success at Carolina Read More »
Familiarity, so the saying goes, breeds contempt.
Ray Dooley begs to differ.
In the world of theater, Dooley believes, familiarity with other people on the stage instills the confidence needed to take risks. Familiarity can be the safety net that allows an actor to inhabit an imaginary role so completely that, in that moment, the imaginary seems real.
Ray Dooley finds his ‘artistic home’ in Chapel Hill Read More »
