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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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Riverine Re[Sr]ch: An Undergraduate’s Journey in Geology

Watts in the lab

As a first-year student, Elena Watts took a research-based field trip that would change her life and lead her to four years of undergraduate research at UNC. The results of her original work served as the basis for a grant that now funds other students in the geology department.

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