Anna Kirey ’15 M.A. understands the value of regional studies. She has had a truly global education, studying in Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Costa Rica, Sweden, the U.S. and her home country, Ukraine.
For Global Heel Anna Kirey ’15, Advancing LGBTQI Rights Requires Regional Expertise Read More »
Fred Mueller, professor emeritus of exercise and sport science and retired director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research based at UNC-Chapel Hill, is the receipient of the Korey Stringer Institute’s Lifesaving Research Award.
Mueller honored with Lifesaving Research Award from Korey Stringer Institute Read More »
It’s going to be a big weekend for graduating senior Shannon McKerlie. On the morning before Commencement on the steps of South Building, Cadet McKerlie will become 2nd Lieutenant McKerlie.
Senior Shannon McKerlie: ‘What am I going to be doing for my country?’ Read More »
Eleven UNC students will become the first graduating class of the MA in global studies program on May 8. The program combines scholarly rigor and the development of practical skills to prepare students for careers in a globalized world.
Global studies master’s program graduates first class Read More »
Fashion seems to embrace two opposite goals — fitting in with the crowd and standing out from it. Now new UNC research reveals that the choice to fit in or stand out depends on who exactly the crowd is – and the size of their high heels. That is, women adjust their fashion to look similar to the rich but different from the poor.
Women ratchet themselves up the social ladder, one high heel at a time Read More »
Doreen Thierauf, a doctoral candidate in English at UNC-Chapel Hill, recently received a prestigious dissertation research award from the Midwest Victorian Studies Association.
Taylor Livingston, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, has received the 2016 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service by a Graduate or Professional Student.
‘Dedicated citizen of the university’ receives Boka W. Hadzija Award Read More »
A new study shows pieces of the underside of the North American Plate peel off, sink into the mantle –- a process likely to produce more earthquakes in the southeastern U.S. in the future.
UNC-Chapel Hill scientists find likely cause for recent southeast U.S. earthquakes Read More »
UNC dramatic art lecturer Kathryn Hunter-Williams and her colleague Lynden Harris have received a MAP Fund grant to support the project “Serving Life,” which explores race, class, compassion and justice with men on death row and those sentenced as children to life without parole.
Dramatic art lecturer receives arts grant for project focusing on men on death row Read More »
An analysis of more than 40 climate-adaptation plans from across the U.S. shows that local communities are good at developing strategies to combat the harmful effects of climate change but often fail to prioritize their goals or to provide implementation details.
U.S. climate-adaptation plans long on ideas, short on details, priorities Read More »
