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Student club creates psychological ‘first aid’

student club members of HGAPS at their weekly meeting

Under the guidance of faculty experts, a UNC-Chapel Hill student-based nonprofit produces content with free online mental health resources and easy-to-understand infographics. Projects have included content addressing the Parkland, Fla., school shootings and the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why.”

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Taking humanities on the road

Schaevitz leads a film discussion at the Chelsea Theater on "The Philadelphia Story." (photo by Donn Young)

In her new position with Carolina Public Humanities, Rachel Schaevitz is launching new collaborations with community colleges, museums, movie theaters and nonprofits to advance the University’s mission of serving the state of North Carolina. A passion for public service is in Rachel Schaevitz’s DNA. Her family instilled in her the importance of being involved in

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Jonathan Weisman lecture Oct. 29: “Antisemitism and the Jewish experience in the South”

Collage: on the left, photo of author Jonathan Weisman; on the right, his book cover which reads: "Semitism: Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump"

Join the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies tonight (Oct. 29) at 7 p.m. at the UNC Friday Center for a conversation between author Jonathan Weisman and Ryan Thornburg, UNC School of Media and Journalism, focused on Weisman’s book, “Semitism.”

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Three students selected as 2019 Weir Fellows

Judy Cheng

Three students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were selected as recipients of the 2019 William D. Weir Honors Fellowship in Asian Studies, a program designed for students who have started their Chinese language journey and would like to develop advanced working language skills.

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‘Unlikely’ subject pairings lead to deep learning at Carolina

Liz Ott, the Frank Borden Hanes Curator of Rare Books, shows a collection of books and manuscripts to the class in the Fearrington Reading Room at Wilson Library. (photo by Johnny Andrews)

“Time and the Medieval Cosmos,” a new course in the College of Arts & Sciences, challenges students to explore the sciences and the humanities together. An astrophysicist and a religious historian walk into a classroom. They decide to teach a course together. There’s no punchline — that’s just Carolina. This semester, the two professors from

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