Restoring Rural China
Geographer Conghe Song studies the relationship between land use, change in vegetation and climate change — and social impacts of environmental programs.
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Preserving Nepal’s sacred sites with stunning 3D models
As part of a UNC Innovation Grant, funded by Lenovo, associate professor of religions studies Lauren Leve proposed using photogrammetry and VR to bring the singular temples of Nepal to life for students at UNC.
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Hong-An Truong awarded 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship
Associate professor of art Hong-An Truong has been awarded a prestigious 2019 fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, the successful candidates were chosen from a group of almost 3,000 applications in the foundation’s 95th competition.
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Commencement profile: Abigail Gancz: ‘A freedom to explore’
By working in labs and Carolina’s makerspaces, graduating senior Abigail Gancz spent four years exploring and redefining her career path.
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Commencement profile: Hanan Alazzam: Building community
A member of the first cohort of the Carolina Center for Public Service’s MacDonald Community Service Scholars program, graduating senior Hanan Alazzam, a biology major, has spent more than 1,000 of hours over the past three years putting others before herself.
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Commencement profile: Victoria Chavis: A life full of little circles
When Summer Bridge Program Coordinator Euna Victoria Chavis walks across the stage to receive her master’s of social work degree in May, she’ll be thinking of four other UNC-Chapel Hill students who will receive their undergraduate degrees then, too.
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Commencement profile: Zac Rhyner: A life of service
Carolina senior and decorated military veteran Zac Rhyner urges students to step outside their comfort zones in pursuit of their dreams. Decorated military veteran Zac Rhyner ’19 is the recipient of three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and the Air Force Cross. He has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan six times and been involved
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Distinguished service awards presented to Bill and Marcie Ferris, David Pardue
Awards for distinguished service to the College of Arts & Sciences were presented to William R. “Bill” and Marcie Cohen Ferris, both Carolina professors emeritus, and alumnus David Pardue Jr. ’69 at a meeting of the Arts & Sciences Foundation Board of Directors on April 25.
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UNC-Chapel Hill receives national recognition for supporting first-generation students
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named a “First Forward Advisory Institution” and is among the inaugural cohort of academic institutions nationwide being recognized for their commitment to supporting first-generation students.
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Savoring Southern apples
Digital research projects in a senior seminar in Southern studies illuminate the history, stories, locations and culture of Southern apples. Students at UNC-Chapel Hill are the first to explore a new collection of papers on Southern apples in the Southern Historical Collection in Wilson Library.
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