Eleftheria “Ria” Kontou is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of City and Regional Planning. She uses transportation models to uncover whether ride-sourcing platforms like Uber and Lyft affect city road crashes, injuries, fatalities, and DUI rates to help urban planners identify solutions for safe, efficient mobility.
Research UNCovered: Eleftheria “Ria” Kontou Read More »
Carolina senior Purshotam Aruwani, biology and political science double major, had the opportunity to intern with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Aruwani focused on identifying gaps in current DPS policies and designing preemptive policy solutions.
A summer in public safety Read More »
Diamond Holloman, a Ph.D. candidate in Carolina’s Environment, Ecology and Energy program, is the first recipient of a post-Florence disaster relief grant from the Carolina Center for Public Service. She is investigating ways that communities of color in Lumberton, North Carolina, experience and recover from natural disaster.
How Diamond Holloman finds resilience in Lumberton Read More »
UNC-CH junior and policy/economics major Abby Boettcher was a 2019 APPLES summer intern with Wake County Commissioner Matt Calabria. A native of Cary, North Carolina, Boettcher spent her summer conducting policy research on a variety of issues, including increasing voter registration and reducing gun violence.
Shaping national issues on a local level Read More »
Stella Zhizhi Li, a UNC-Chapel Hill doctoral student in musicology, has been selected to serve as the Harold J. Glass USAF Graduate Fellow for academic year 2019-2020.
Musicology doctoral student Stella Zhizhi Li receives 2019-20 Glass Graduate Fellowship Read More »
Asian studies’ Uffe Bergeton was among four winners of the 2019 annual Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. They were awarded to faculty who exemplify groundbreaking and innovative research along with future career promise.
Asian studies’ Uffe Bergeton receives Hettleman Prize Read More »
Declining growth of Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System corals predicts trouble for worldwide reefs.
Climate change, human activity lead to nearshore coral growth decline Read More »
Sherry Magill, former president/executive director of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, will spend the fall 2019 semester at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University focusing on the issue of philanthropy and the academy.
Keohane Visiting Professor’s fall residency to focus on philanthropy and the academy Read More »
First-year student Cecelia Tucker of Asheville has been awarded the 2019 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a full, four-year merit scholarship in creative writing in the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Cecelia Tucker awarded 2019 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship in creative writing Read More »
The College of Arts & Sciences is mourning the unexpected loss of former Carolina colleague and treasured friend Ishna Hall.
Ishna J. Hall: Beloved Tar Heel, Colleague and Friend Read More »
