May 2016

UNC Global announces 2015-16 Global Partnership Award recipients

Launched in Fall 2013, the Global Partnership Awards help UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff and students sustain and develop partnerships with international institutions, with preference given to proposals that include designated UNC strategic or emerging partners.

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Undergraduate researcher Molly Fisher: ‘Doing research in the field allows you to travel to amazing places’

Senior Molly Fisher is an undergraduate researcher in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Geophysics and Climatology Lab, pursuing a double major in geological sciences and history. Over the past three years, Fisher has modeled renewable energy sources across North America based off of energy production and cost.

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Platter Chatter: One UNC philosophy professor invites us to question what we put on our plates

When people make an effort to conserve water, most take shorter showers or buy more efficient appliances. But these methods may be missing the mark. Approximately 4,000 to 18,000 gallons of water are needed to produce a hamburger, reports the United States Geological Survey.

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Nineteen Students Selected as Phillips Ambassadors for Study Abroad in Asia

Seventeen undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and one undergraduate from Duke University have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors for Summer and Fall 2016 study abroad programs in Asia. In addition, one history doctoral candidate was awarded a Phillips Graduate Ambassador travel award for research in Japan this summer.

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