Fourth annual Diversity THINKposium to focus on Microaggressions
The 4th annual Diversity THINKposium will be held Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Friday Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. This year theme will be “Microaggressions.”
April 2016
Students examine seafood mislabeling in pilot research-intensive course
This spring, biologists John Bruno and Blaire Steinwand linked together molecular biology and marine ecology in their new course Seafood Forensics. Students set out to quantify seafood mislabeling using DNA barcoding technology and to discuss the impact that it has on human health and marine ecosystems.
Well Said podcast: America and terrorism
In this Well Said podcast, sociology professor Charles Kurzman from the College of Arts and Sciences discusses terrorism and his research on the small number of Muslim-Americans who join militant groups.
UNC researchers find brain circuit that controls binge drinking
The study, led by Todd Thiele in the department of psychology and neuroscience, found that turning off a circuit between two brain regions could reduce instances of binge drinking.
Andrea Barnes selected as UNC-Chapel Hill’s first Mount Vernon Leadership Fellow
Andrea Barnes, a second-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been selected as the University’s first recipient of the Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows Program, a competitive, five and a half week leadership development program for rising college juniors who want to make a difference.
Joel Kingsolver elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biology Joel Kingsolver has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
“Corruption of the Innocents: Controversies about Popular Children’s Books” opens April 28
The free public exhibition is the work of students in English 295, “Popular Forms of Children’s Literature,” taught by professor Laurie Langbauer.
Churchill Scholar Blake Hauser: ‘The day-to-day problem-solving environment of a lab is fascinating’
Hauser focuses on the continuum of care for mothers diagnosed with HIV during pregnancy.
Renee Alexander Craft awarded humanities fellowship for Digital Portobelo project
Associate professor Renee Alexander Craft, the acting director of the Southern Oral History Program, was awarded a Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship, for her project Digital Portobelo.
Research – on display
On April 18, the Student Union’s Great Hall provided a visual representation of the large scale of undergraduate research conducted every day in Carolina’s labs and classrooms.