To provide resources and community for first-generation graduate students, The Graduate School incorporated the Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS initiative into the Diversity and Student Success program.
Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS initiative helps students succeed Read More »
When people hear I’m a German professor, they ask me two questions: Do I have German relatives? Was I a military brat? The answer to both is “no.” People frequently assume that if an American decides to learn German, this must be for familial, functional or professional reasons. I began learning German as a 10-year-old living on the North Side of Chicago because I wanted to understand Indiana Jones!
Priscilla Layne traces her path from multicultural Chicago to a career in German Read More »
PlayMakers Repertory Company, the professional theater in residence in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, presents The Christians by 2017 Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath, in rotating repertory with the Molière classic Tartuffe (adapted by David Ball).
The Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet will headline the 41st annual Carolina Jazz Festival at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The festival takes place Feb. 15 and Feb. 23-24.
Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet to headline 41st annual Carolina Jazz Festival Read More »
Twenty-five faculty members and teaching assistants, many of them in the College of Arts & Sciences, have been named winners of UNC-Chapel Hill’s 2018 University Teaching Awards.
Twenty-five earn 2018 University Teaching Awards Read More »
On Jan. 22, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Arts Everywhere initiative launched a new mobile app that will serve as a one-stop shop to connect the campus and the wider community to art experiences happening at the University.
Nelson Schwab III (’67), chair of the advisory board of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, talks about his service as a Carolina alumnus, his favorite class, why he supports the arts and humanities, and how his UNC education contributed to his career success.
Nelson Schwab: The arts and humanities prepare you “for a more whole life” Read More »
For the 17th time, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, is the best value in American public higher education, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
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When Carolina alumnus Sheldon Peck and his wife, Leena, gave a rare collection of 17th-century European masterworks — including seven Rembrandts — to the Ackland Art Museum, it became the nation’s first public university art museum to own a collection of Rembrandt drawings and one of only two universities to do so.
Art Changes Everything: The Peck Effect Read More »
Bring the whole family for an intimate evening of storytelling with PlayMakes Repertory Company legend Ray Dooley in “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 13-23 in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art.
