What It’s Like to be a Parent
Let’s say you’re a student at UNC, and you’re trying to decide whether to be a doctor. How do you go about making that choice?
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Thorp to discuss state of humanities in higher education Nov. 3
Holden Thorp, provost at Washington University in St. Louis, will discuss the state of the humanities in American higher education at a free talk Nov. 3 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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New Writing Faculty Share Surprising Connections
Looking for a story about love and war? Perhaps a gripping tale of a traveler’s journey to exotic and dangerous places? Maybe a clever yarn on the merits of trout fishing? The two newest writers to join Carolina’s creative writing program share surprising connections with the donors who created the distinguished professorships and their namesakes
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$5 million Kenan gift launches Hill Hall renovation
A $5 million gift from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust will launch an extensive renovation of the music department’s Hill Hall. Work will center on improvements to Hill Hall’s rotunda and 550-seat auditorium in the century-old building that originally served as the University’s first library. The total cost of the project is estimated at
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Active research and student support mark Dykstra’s four decades on Carolina’s faculty
A little more than 40 years ago, Linda Dykstra and her husband, Bill Hylander, were driving from Chicago toward new careers at Carolina and Duke when they drove through the place they would return for their careers’ end.
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MOOCs extend Carolina’s reach across the globe
This fall and spring, an estimated 100,000 students will take five courses offered by six of the best faculty members at Carolina.
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Willis captures the ‘bigger picture’ of Panama Canal expansion
A serendipitous photo Rachel Willis took in the London `Docklands in January 2012 led to a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Panama Canal Third Lock Construction project this summer and her assignment to take thousands of digital images.
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Stewart: More students than ever are choosing geology
In introductory geology, Kevin Stewart tells his students that we know more about the things millions of miles above our heads than a mile below our feet.
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Ron Rash to deliver Thomas Wolfe Lecture Oct. 2
North Carolina poet and novelist Ron Rash will receive the 2013 Thomas Wolfe Prize and deliver the annual lecture Oct. 2 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Four young faculty honored with Hettleman awards
Four highly promising faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty, an honor that recognizes the achievements of outstanding junior tenure-track faculty or recently tenured faculty. Two of the faculty members are in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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