NOTE: LOCATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO FED EX GLOBAL EDUCATION CENTER. Seven experts on democratization and the Arab world will participate in a panel discussion on the Arab Spring at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The free public program will be in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at […]
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“From the Renaissance to the Modern World: A Symposium in Honor of John Headley” is the title of free public programs Friday and Saturday (Nov. 11, 12) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The symposium honors John Headley, professor emeritus of history, who taught at UNC for 47 years until his recent
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Lloyd Kramer, Ph.D., professor and chair of the history department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will read from his new book in the Bull’s Head Bookshop at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 10. The shop is in the UNC Student Stores off South Road; the reading will be free to the public. The
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Three undergraduate students in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences are among six selected by social change organization Frontline Solutions for fellowships this summer. Micah Gilmer, a partner in Frontline Solutions and the social entrepreneur in residence in the department of public policy, helped to spearhead the program. The Hilliard P. Jenkins (HPJ) Undergraduate Fellowship Program,
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for European Studies, one of 10 centers nationwide to have received the designation of EU Center of Excellence from the European Union, has been awarded funding of 424,855 euros (approximately $570,000) by the European Union for research and activities from 2011 to 2014. “The grant to UNC
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Since the first protests against Wall Street occurred in New York City in early August, more than 170,000 people have posted or commented more than a million times across more than 400 Facebook Occupy Wall Street pages.
In addition, those pages include at least one in each of the 50 states, according to research by a sociologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Glamour, danger and pioneering spirit are not words commonly associated with the air travel industry today, but for a time in the early 20th century, aviation truly captivated the global imagination. Inspired by this spirit and the groundbreaking voyages of a particular WWI-era bomber plane, UNC alumnus Peter McMillan ’81 and Australian Lang Kidby undertook
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Raiza Lisboa, who graduated from UNC in 2009 with a degree in peace, war and defense and French, is a finalist for a prestigious award from Teach for America. The Sue Lehmann Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes extraordinary second-year teachers in urban and rural public schools. Lisboa was one of five award finalists. A
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Robin Wright, a foreign correspondent, television commentator and author of “Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World,” will speak Nov. 14 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wright comes to campus as the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. At 5:30 p.m. in
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Three universities have launched a Triangle Center for Japanese Studies that will support fellowships, research, seminars, travel, guest speakers and library development. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State and Duke universities will partner in the center, founded by a $270,000 grant from the Japan Foundation in Tokyo. The center,
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