Faculty, staff and graduate students have had a full and fruitful summer in Chapel Hill — engaging students in research about topics from climate change to archaeology, helping teachers enhance their curricular content on the African diaspora, creating beautiful music and lively theater performances and more.
No sleepy summer for UNC faculty on campus Read More »
No matter where Carlos Perez-Heydrich went in the Cuban communities of Miami, somebody knew his name. So when it came time to pick a college, he didn’t want to follow his family’s familiar footsteps and stay in South Florida.
Six global area studies centers in the College of Arts and Sciences focus on world regions and actively promote the research and study of global issues.
New work from an international team of researchers including Sanja Knezevic Antonijevic of UNC-Chapel Hill and Carnegie’s Lara Wagner improves our understanding of the geological activity that is thought to have formed the Rocky Mountains. It is published by Nature.
South American example illustrates Rocky Mountain formation Read More »
Casey Berger’s career path has taken her from Hollywood to UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences where, this fall, she will start working toward a Ph.D. in physics as a member of the Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows.
From Hollywood to physics Read More »
Diagnosed with mild cerebral palsy as a child, incoming first-year computer science student Tia Holmes’ speech and movement are affected by the disability. But that does not define her.
Holmes brings message of inclusion Read More »
The Karen M. Gil Internship Program in Psychology offers undergraduate students an opportunity to deepen their understanding of psychology and develop professional skills.
Psychology internships offer real-world experience Read More »
Three long-serving faculty members in the College retired at the end of the spring 2015 semester after completing countless hours of service at Carolina and scholarship in the fields of anthropology, astronomy and computer science.
A parting toast to College leaders who left their mark Read More »
Stephen Hawking will join many of the founding members of modern physics in Stockholm in August for a conference co-sponsored by UNC-Chapel Hill. The conference and lecture were arranged by UNC physicist Laura Mersini-Houghton.
Stephen Hawking to deliver lecture at UNC-Chapel Hill’s conference in Sweden Read More »
According to new research from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the defense hormone salicylic acid helps select which bacteria live both inside and on the surface of a plant’s roots, keeping some families out and actively recruiting others.
Hormone determines which microbes colonize the roots of a popular plant Read More »
