We highlight creative teaching and learning across the College of Arts and Sciences in a series of stories called “Learning 2.0,” in the spring ’13 Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine, online now.
Learning 2.0: Engaging, Experiential, Entrepreneurial Read More »
When Raymond Sawyer graduates from Carolina in May, it will be the end of an era — at least for UNC’s Marching Tar Heel band and the Sawyer family. For the past 17 years, a Sawyer has played and marched in the band.
Seven Sawyers march through Carolina Read More »
Everything about this new entrepreneurship class was unusual. It focused on making a difference in the world. Professors told the students it was OK to fail. Instructional technology and a star lineup of guest speakers engaged students in new ways. Welcome to Entrepreneurship 1.0.
Entrepreneurship 1.0: Spreading seeds of creative thinking to 300-plus students Read More »
When communication studies professor Renee Alexander Craft lost a dear friend to cancer, she decided to write a children’s book to help young people deal with the loss of a loved one.
Have you got the gardening bug yet? Spring is just around the corner, and with it the promise of fresh vegetables. Sprout UNC makes it easy, by bringing those fresh veggies straight from a local farm to you.
Sprout UNC: Produce with a Purpose Read More »
Five years ago, UNC marine biologists proposed a theory that sea turtles and salmon use the Earth’s magnetic forces to find their way back to their birthplace after migrating across thousands of miles of open, featureless sea. Now, those same researchers have found a way to test that theory in salmon – and found it to be true.
Salmon use Earth’s magnetic field to find their way home Read More »
What if everything you know about love is wrong? In a new book, UNC psychologist and positive emotions expert Barbara Fredrickson draws on science to give voice to the body’s definition of love.
Communication studies professor Della Pollock was collecting the stories of alumni of Chapel Hill’s former all-black high school for an oral history project when one man’s statement caught her off guard.
Classroom is community for professor Pollock Read More »
The Spanish for the Professions Minor in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences prepares students for bilingual careers in the business, communications and healthcare professions.
Engaged Learning: Spanish for the Professions Read More »
This holiday season PlayMakers Repertory Company will treat Triangle audiences to a family-friendly live version of a treasured holiday film with its production “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” by Joe Landry.
PlayMakers presents beloved holiday classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Read More »
