On Oct. 6, UNC-Chapel Hill launched the most ambitious fundraising campaign by a university in the history of the state. “For All Kind: the Campaign for Carolina” aims to raise $4.25 billion by Dec. 31, 2022, to foster an innovation generation prepared to lead the world to a better future through research and scholarship, example and ethos.
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A commitment from John and Marree Townsend will support arts, humanities, business and athletics; $10 million will go to the College of Arts & Sciences.
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As part of “For All Kind: The Campaign for Carolina,” launched Oct. 6, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will create the UNC Institute for Convergent Science (ICS). By embracing this emerging model for scientific research, Carolina aims to tackle the world’s biggest problems by fostering greater multi-disciplinary collaboration among researchers, students and entrepreneurs.
Chemist Bo Li at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, established in 2007, supports unusually innovative research from early career investigators.
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University Research Week Oct. 9-13 is a semi-annual, campus-wide event that enhances opportunities for undergraduates to discover and engage in research and scholarship. It is part of Carolina’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), which emphasizes “Learning by Connecting, Doing and Making:”
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Gov. Roy Cooper, North Carolina’s 75th governor, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s University Day on Oct. 12. The celebration marks Carolina’s 224th birthday and will be held at 11 a.m. in Memorial Hall.
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Four highly promising Carolina faculty members in diverse fields have been awarded the Philip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. Among the recipients was James Cahoon, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry.
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Samuel Ray Gates, the newest faculty hire in the drama department, came to the acting game a little later than most. In high school, he was a jock, not a theater kid. He went on to Hampton University in Virginia to get a degree in finance and didn’t see a single play while he was there.
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Seven students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2017 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellows Program, making Carolina one of the top producers of Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellows.
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Applied physical sciences professor Jinsong Huang and his team have won a Research Opportunities Initiative (UNC ROI) grant from the University of North Carolina system to support their work on solar cells.
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