William Gray Lindsey of Durham, a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded a 2013 Harry S. Truman Scholarship for his academic, leadership and public service accomplishments.
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Engaging young girls in healthy lifestyles and addressing the critical need for clean water are just a few of the public service projects the University honored during the March 26 awards ceremony hosted by the Carolina Center for Public Service.
Seventeen individuals, groups honored for public service Read More »
Public policy professor Krista Perreira has received a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant that will allow her to assist communities with implementation of the new Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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UNC geologist Jose Rial will help moderate a discussion after the film, “Chasing Ice,” which will be shown at April 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the FedEx Global Education Center.
Chasing Ice: UNC geologist to discuss film April 2 Read More »
We highlight creative teaching and learning across the College of Arts and Sciences in a series of stories called “Learning 2.0,” in the spring ’13 Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine, online now.
Learning 2.0: Engaging, Experiential, Entrepreneurial Read More »
They are known as citizens of the University, with lengthy records of service to campus and scores of University teaching awards among them – and they are all fixed-term faculty members.
Fixed-term faculty choose paths they love Read More »
A new study shows the risk of mortgage default is one-third lower for energy-efficient, ENERGY STAR-rated homes — a factor lenders and Congress should consider when making mortgage loans and policy.
Owners of energy-efficient homes are less likely to default on mortgages Read More »
When Raymond Sawyer graduates from Carolina in May, it will be the end of an era — at least for UNC’s Marching Tar Heel band and the Sawyer family. For the past 17 years, a Sawyer has played and marched in the band.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, including academic units in the College of Arts and Sciences, appears on multiple lists of schools, degree programs and specialty areas newly ranked in 2013 by U.S. News and World Report for the 2014 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
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The creation of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures (GSLL) from the merger of two formerly distinct departments in 2011 has generated an opportunity to create a new undergraduate concentration in Central European Studies. Unique in the U.S., this concentration will make UNC-Chapel Hill a leader in this growing field. The department will begin
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