April 2019

Three from UNC-Chapel Hill elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

View of the Old Well on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on July 10, 2018. (Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Three faculty members from UNC-Chapel Hill — Kathleen M. Harris, Jodi Magness and Bryan L. Roth — have been elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Harris (sociology) and Magness (religious studies) are in UNC’s College of Arts & Sciences.

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Climate change could undermine children’s education and development in the tropics

Closeup photo of child writing on a piece of paper.

A new study concludes that exposure to extreme heat and precipitation in prenatal and early childhood years in countries of the global tropics could make it harder for children to attain secondary school education, even for better-off households.

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Hannan earns 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in natural language processing

Computer science doctoral student Darryl Hannan.

Computer science doctoral student Darryl Hannan has been selected as a recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship for 2019. This is a nationwide fellowship that supports outstanding graduate students in various STEM disciplines who are pursuing advanced research-based degrees at U.S. institutions.

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New General Education curriculum will prepare Tar Heels to be lifelong learners

The new IDEAs in Action curriculum is designed to develop students’ overarching capacities to prepare them for citizenship, leadership, lifelong learning and the careers of the future. (photo by Donn Young) (photo of Prof. Geoff Sayre-McCord teaching in a classroom)

The IDEAs in Action curriculum, endorsed by the UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Council on April 12, emphasizes the first-year experience, key “focus capacities” and experiential learning.

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Studio art major’s pinhole camera sculpture on display at Arts Everywhere Day

Closeup of Kaleb Lyda holding part of his pinhole camera scuplture with a redbud tree blooming in the background. (photo by Donn Young)

Studio art major Kaleb Lyda ’21 discusses his “Obscura Domes,” which is a pinhole camera sculpture comprised of wood, plastic and glass. Lyda’s work, which will be located on Polk Place, is part of a campuswide initiative called Arts Everywhere Day on April 12.

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