From rivers in the backcountry of Alaska, down the Sierra mountains, up into space, and through commercial waterways in North Carolina — UNC researchers are measuring the world’s water and developing solutions to prevent it from running dry.
The Weight of the Water on Their Shoulders Read More »
Elected officials in Africa who advocate for adoption of climate change policies may actually lose voter support, according to new research by public policy scholars at UNC-Chapel Hill and Harvard University.
African voters show lack of support for climate change policies Read More »
The Olympic Games may have been founded to serve as a political-free zone to foster peace, but it hasn’t always worked out that way. As the world turns its attention to for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, UNC’s “Well Said” podcast features a conversation with historian Andrew Matthews about the intersection of politics and the Olympics.
Well Said: The intersection of politics and the Olympics Read More »
New UNC-Chapel Hill research shows that coral reef decline illustrates far reach of climate change — and that local solutions alone cannot restore coral populations
Isolated coral reefs far from human activity are not healthier Read More »
Emeritus UNC College of Arts & Sciences history professor William Leuchtenburg talks about his new book, 20th-century presidents, and the personal experiences that shaped his understanding of them.
Getting to Know the American Presidents Read More »
UNC-Chapel Hill archaeologist and project leader Jodi Magness says no other ancient synagogue contains such a rich collection of mosaics depicting biblical stories.
New mosaics discovered in synagogue excavations in Galilee Read More »
Aisha Saad ’09, Vishwajith Sridharan ’14, and Heidi Vuletich were recently selected as recipients of The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
Three from UNC-Chapel Hill selected as 2016 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows Read More »
Carolina for Kibera co-founder Rye Barcott ’01 has been awarded an honorary degree by Dartmouth University.
Carolina for Kibera co-founder Barcott awarded honorary degree from Dartmouth University Read More »
Senior Rukmini Deva is a SURF recipient and undergraduate researcher in biology, with a minor in religious studies. Her research focuses on monastic silence — a lifetime of voluntary commitment to silence and/or “stillness.”
Exploring silence as a vehicle of deeper thought Read More »
Seventy-three talented and ambitious students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been honored with the University’s most prestigious awards for academic achievement and leadership, the Chancellor’s Award. Chancellor Carol L. Folt presided over the annual Chancellor’s Awards ceremony on April 20, where Executive Vice Provost Ron Strauss, Vice Chancellor for Student
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Folt honors 73 students for academic, service leadership Read More »
