In large college science classes, active learning interventions improve achievement for everyone, but especially black and first-generation students, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has provided $687,929 in scholarships, fellowships and program support to 155 undergraduates for study abroad during 2014 and 2015.
UNC awards more than $687,000 in study abroad support to 155 students Read More »
Carolina faculty and students often head to far-flung locations to do archaeological field work, but this week, they are unearthing a big piece of the past in their own backyard.
Archaeologists hit pay dirt at UNC president’s house Read More »
Mallory Nickel, who in early August launched into her second year teaching at Lee Early College High School in Sanford, down U.S. 15-501 just south of Chapel Hill, knows a thing or two about holding teenagers’ attentions.
Alumna Profile: Mallory Nickel ’12 teaches on the move Read More »
The 3,988 first-year students expected to start classes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill next week were chosen from a record 31,331 applicants. They hail from 94 North Carolina counties, 38 states and the District of Columbia and 24 countries.
Carolina welcomes new students to campus Read More »
This summer, faculty in the College have experienced a tandem bike ride across the country, archaeological excavations in Greece, a music cultural diplomacy trip to India and a visit to El Alto, Bolivia, to study a cable car system in the highest city in the world.
What I did this summer: Faculty adventures Read More »
What do you do when you’ve reached the rank of Army staff sergeant early in your career? If you’re Carlos Cordero, 27, you go back to school to earn a degree that will help you reach your goal of becoming a commissioned officer.
Carlos Cordero: ‘A degree that matters’ Read More »
How can a professor squeeze the works of the Bard of Avon into the 4½ weeks of summer session or the (gasp) 12 days of Maymester? Learn how David Baker and Ritchie Kendall teach Shakespeare during the summer.
A midsummertime Shakespeare Read More »
Bryan Giemza, an alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the new director of the Southern Historical Collection in the Wilson Special Collections Library.
New director of Southern Historical Collection is a College alum Read More »
The 2014 Summer Youth Conservatory brought high school students and the musical “Hairspray” to the PlayMakers Repertory Company stage July 16-20.
‘Hairspray’: Big hair, big talent Read More »
