Shaw Drake observed that being an Latin American studies major allows students to look at a dynamic part of the world from historical, political and human rights perspectives, and teaches students ways to critically examine future challenges.
UNC alumna Caroline Zullo ’15, has been selected for the elite Carnegie Junior Fellows Program.
Carolina alumna selected as 2015-16 Carnegie Junior Fellows Program recipient Read More »
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for European Studies (CES) was awarded two three-year grants from the European Union (EU) Commission and a special grant from the European Union Delegation to the United States. All awards begin in the 2015-2016 academic year.
Center for European Studies Receives Three Grants to Bolster Study of the European Union Read More »
The controversial public image of Vladimir Putin was the subject of Henry Hale’s Feb. 26 lecture “Why Do Russians Love Putin, Or Do They Really?” at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Hale’s lecture was sponsored by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES), one of six area and global
Understanding Putin’s rising popularity in Russia Read More »
Despite fears that higher education in the United States is in decline, CNN host Fareed Zakaria told a packed auditorium at UNC-Chapel Hill that he is extremely optimistic about the future.
Zakaria calls for a renewed commitment to higher education Read More »
Clay Hackney, a Morehead-Cain Scholar, received the Chancellor’s Award for Economics in 2015, the prize for best economics thesis. He studied abroad in Beijing in 2013 as a Phillips Ambassador, and was awarded a U. S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship in 2015 for advanced Mandarin in Suzhou, China.
Phillips Ambassadors Spotlight: Clay Hackney ’15 Read More »
North Carolina’s 800,000 Latinos represent the fastest-growing segment of the population and a significant potential market for the housing industry, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report in a new study.
Latino housing faces barriers, represents major untapped market, new study shows Read More »
The Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies will host a conference on “World War I and the Transformation of the Middle East” on Feb. 19 and 20 in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the FedEx Global Education Center on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus, with a pre-conference panel at the Duke University Forum for Scholars and Publics.
UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke to examine lasting effects of WWI on Middle East Read More »
The host of CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” contributing editor at The Atlantic and Washington Post columnist will speak on the value of a liberal arts education.
News analyst Fareed Zakaria to speak March 8 Read More »
Miguel Rocha Vivas, who received a Ph.D. in 2015 from the department of romance studies, has received Cuba’s prestigious international literature award, Premio Literario Casa de las Américas 2016.
Ph.D. alumnus awarded prestigious Cuba literary prize Read More »
