Slave narratives still move Bill Andrews
William L. Andrews, the E. Maynard Adams Professor of English and Comparative Literature, is the recipient of the 2015 Thomas Jefferson Award
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Into the stratosphere
Danny Bowman, a Ph.D. candidate in geological sciences in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, launches payloads 20 miles into the sky on board NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility balloons.
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UNC physicists played key roles in Nobel Award-winning project
John Wilkerson, Reyco Henning and Mark Howe made significant contributions toward the discovery that neutrinos change identities as they travel from the core of the sun to the surface of the earth.
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Digital archive captures mill town’s heyday
When Gastonia’s iconic Loray/Firestone mill was being redeveloped, UNC’s Digital Innovation Lab was on hand to help preserve and present the history of the mill and the people associated with it.
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Turning first-years into leaders
For 24 first-year students, the road to success at Carolina took a three-hour detour west of Chapel Hill and up the Blue Ridge Parkway to Blowing Rock, N.C., last weekend.
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UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, Duke dramatically broaden access to nanotechnology equipment to encourage innovation
“Nanotechnology is a driving force behind scientific innovations that can range from the electronics in smartphones to new types of medical treatments,” said UNC chemist Jim Cahoon, co-principal investigator of the NSF grant.
Historic conference, historic challenge
Six days weren’t enough to solve a problem that has stumped physicists for 40 years. Still, the week-long Hawking Radiation Conference in Stockholm, Sweden was productive.
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Protecting New Orleans 10 years after Katrina
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, the city of New Orleans relies on a UNC marine scientist’s expertise on major storms and the strength of the levee system protecting the city.
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Folt, Hawking kick off historic physics conference
UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol L. Folt welcomed renowned physicist Stephen Hawking in front of a sold-out crowd at the Hawking Radiation Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday.
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No sleepy summer for UNC faculty on campus
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.
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