A natural fit
A part-time job at a campus makerspace has added another dimension to Kalleen Kelley’s neuroscience and psychology research projects.
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Riverine Re[Sr]ch: An Undergraduate’s Journey in Geology
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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Students learn about sustainability, storytelling in Europe
Twenty-five UNC-Chapel Hill students spent six weeks this summer navigating Germany, Spain and Denmark—and never set foot in a car.
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Carolina entrepreneurship education earns top-tier ranking
U.S. News & World Report ranks UNC-Chapel Hill as the No. 4 undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country.
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Ferris wins lifetime achievement award from Southern Foodways Alliance
Marcie Cohen Ferris, professor emeritus of American studies, was awarded the 2018 Craig Claiborne Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern Foodways Alliance.
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Welch, Rawlings blend story and song during Thomas Wolfe Lecture
Singer/songwriter Gillian Welch, known for her at-times dark Americana songs, was the first musician to be awarded the Thomas Wolfe Medal. The Thomas Wolfe Society and Carolina created the medal in 2000 to commemorate the birth of Wolfe, an alumnus (class of 1920) and author of novels such as “Look Homeward, Angel.”
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New Ideas, Information and Inquiry courses explore broad topics across disciplines
The College of Arts & Sciences will offer five new courses in spring 2019 to pilot-test a new core offering being proposed for the General Education curriculum. These broadly interdisciplinary courses expose students to new ideas, new modes of inquiry and essential skills.
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Tift Merritt and the lyrical language of history and place
Singer/songwriter Tift Merritt will receive a University Distinguished Alumna Award on University Day, Oct. 12. She is also the new performing artist-in-residence at Community Histories Workshop and will be working with CHW on the Dix Park project.
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Michael McFee wins North Carolina’s highest civilian honor
Michael A. McFee is among the six people who will receive North Carolina’s highest civilian honor.
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Celebrating Carolina’s 225th
To celebrate Carolina’s 225th birthday, artist Will Black created a collage of the University’s most iconic structures and landscape features. (Can you identify them all?)
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