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Details from the lives of black artisans in North Carolina, unseen for more than 100 years, are being discovered by UNC students using digital resources …
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Researchers build nonflammable lithium ion battery
Researchers led by chemist Joseph DeSimone at UNC have identified a surprising replacement for the only inherently flammable component of today’s lithium-ion batteries.
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Fredy Grefa: From the Ecuadorian Amazon to Chapel Hill
Fredy Grefa, a native of Coca, Ecuador, has traveled far to pursue a master’s in city and regional planning from UNC. He is hoping to help indigenous cultures have a voice in natural resource management in the Amazon.
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WOWS Scholars inspire women faculty in the sciences
The latest WOWS Scholars, Jaye Cable in environment and ecology, and Donna Surge in geology, are helping to inspire the next generation of women scientists at Carolina.
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Diving Into Design: PlayMakers tackles aquatic challenges
The Paul Green Theatre is transformed into a wonderland complete with indoor pool for two upcoming productions of “Metamorphoses” and “The Tempest,” in rotating rep at PlayMakers.
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Rod Brooks tackles a global crisis, one meal at a time
UNC alum Rod Brooks, president and CEO of Stop Hunger Now, is tackling a global crisis, one meal at a time. He says he can trace his entire career path to his global experience at UNC.
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Exploring Joara: Excavating the past, shaping the future in western N.C.
Three UNC archaeology alums have unearthed the earliest European settlement in the interior United States near Morganton, N.C.
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Whirligig art on display at UNC Sept. 5 to Oct. 3
Whirligigs of the late North Carolina folk artist Vollis Simpson will be on display at the Hanes Art Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sept. 5 to Oct. 3.
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Written in Bone: Exploring the science of death investigation
Do you like the TV shows “CSI,” “Criminal Minds” or “Bones?” Anthropology Professor Dale Hutchinson teaches students from all majors how to map and recover the elements of a crime scene in his class, Anthropology 423: “Written in Bone.”
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Six decades later, ‘Grandma Jo’ set to graduate
Helen Joan (Miller) Hunter was eight months pregnant – and three credits short of her degree – when she watched her husband graduate from Carolina in 1947. Sixty-six years later, more than a dozen family members will be on hand to watch her graduate on Sunday.
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