UNC-Chapel Hill has invited entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and other thought leaders to help advance innovative solutions to local and global challenges at “Outside In: 2015 Chancellor’s Innovation Summit” on Oct. 9.
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A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence and Renaissance Computing Institute are running the ADCIRC storm surge computer model every six hours to predict potential storm surge, waves and flooding along the U.S. East Coast caused by Hurricane Joaquin. ADCIRC is a leading computer
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Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande, co-founder of the Deshpande Foundation, president and chairman of Sparta Group, LLC, chairman of Tejas Networks and serial entrepreneur, visited Carolina in early September to speak with students in the College of Arts and Science’s Introduction to Entrepreneurship class. While he was on campus, Deshpande shared his thoughts on how universities fit into
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The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows attracts exceptionally talented graduate students from around the world. Many of them pursue graduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty members Lawrence E. Band and Hans W. Paerl were named to the prestigious American Geophysical Union (AGU) Class of 2015 Fellows. Band and Paerl are among 60 individuals from around the world who will be recognized at the AGU fall meeting Dec. 16 in San Francisco, Calif.
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Martin Eakes, co-founder and CEO of Self-Help and the Center for Responsible Lending, will discuss “Extreme Inequality: Is it Really a Problem?” on Oct. 1 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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A research collaboration that aims to build new understanding about how religious and transformative experiences occur and shape people’s lives is awarding its first round of funding with more than $1.7 million going to 22 projects. The project is directed by L.A. Paul, a professor of philosophy at UNC.
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This football season, Carolina will offer Tar Heel fans an inside look at the intersection of academics and athletics. Tar Heel Tailgate Talks are special sessions led by Carolina faculty members whose research and scholarship reveal a deeper understanding of the world of sports.
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As far as steering committee co-chairs Marcie Cohen Ferris and Alice Ammerman are concerned, Carolina’s food theme is organic to
the campus.
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Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans relies on a UNC marine scientist’s expertise on major storms and the strength of the levee system protecting the city.
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