Ten years of Maymester
Now in its 10th year, Maymester, which usually begins the Wednesday after Commencement, gives students the opportunity to earn course credit before summer officially begins.
May 2016
Q&A with microbiome researcher Kriti Sharma
Kriti Sharma is a PhD candidate in biology in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences working in the Shank Lab. Her research focuses on understanding the microorganisms in soil that are quietly working to make life above ground possible.
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Folt honors 73 students for academic, service leadership
Seventy-three talented and ambitious students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been honored with the University’s most prestigious awards for academic achievement and leadership, the Chancellor’s Award. Chancellor Carol L. Folt presided over the annual Chancellor’s Awards ceremony on April 20, where Executive Vice Provost Ron Strauss, Vice Chancellor for Student …
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Folt honors 73 students for academic, service leadership Read More »
Northside’s future takes shape
For professor of communication Della Pollock, preserving people’s life stories is more than a way to chronicle the past. It also creates a path to cultivate future aspirations.
Six UNC Students Receive Critical Language Scholarships from US Department of State
Six students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study critical needs languages during Summer 2016.
‘That fearless spirit of innovation’
UNC chemist Joseph DeSimone’s years of innovative and beneficial work in material science was honored by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Rósa Magnusdottir ’06 on Russian Scholarship in the United States and Europe
When Rósa Magnusdottir Ph.D. ’06 moved to North Carolina in 1999 to pursue a doctorate in Russian history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she had never before set foot in the state. “Choosing UNC was purely based on a hunch that it would be a good place to study, and I …
Rósa Magnusdottir ’06 on Russian Scholarship in the United States and Europe Read More »
DeSimone to receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation
On May 19, Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences, will receive the nation’s highest honors for achievement and leadership in advancing the fields of science and technology.
UNC-Chapel Hill alumna selected for Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
Tiffany Cox, who double-majored in global studies and public policy and minored in Chinese in the College of Arts and Sciences, is one of 20 selected for graduate program focused on Foreign Service preparation.
A helping hand
Improving the quality of life for people far too young to come to campus is the focus of one of Carolina’s newest student organizations. The Helping Hand Project, launched in 2015, features a group of about 40 students who use 3-D printing to make prosthetic devices for children and adolescents born without fingers.