Meet the Makers
BeAM@Carolina is a network of makerspaces created by the applied physical sciences department in the College of Arts & Sciences in fall 2016.
September 2019
How to accomplish almost any goal
Paschal Sheeran’s research has found that we successfully achieve our goals only half the time. Here he shares three steps to go from dreaming to doing.
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225 Years of Carolina Architecture
Updated edition of a seminal 1986 book celebrates the history of the beautiful UNC-Chapel Hill campus through the story of its buildings.
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Leader in national intelligence teaching class about 9/11
Admiral Dennis Blair, former Director of National Intelligence, joins Peace, War and Defense curriculum faculty at Carolina.
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Carolina ranked the third best public school in the nation by the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education
UNC-Chapel Hill ranked third among all public universities nationwide by the 2020 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Carolina also ranked 33rd among both public and private universities, putting it in the top 10% of all colleges across the United States.
Record 23 students awarded Fulbrights for global research and teaching
Twenty three students and recent graduates have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2019-2020 academic year, the highest number of recipients from UNC-Chapel Hill in one year.
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Students play dress-up to bring joy to hospitalized children
Members of A Moment of Magic regularly transform into princesses or fairies, knights or comic book heroes to bring joy to a child in need. The group is part of a national non-profit that provides opportunities for college students to volunteer at children’s hospitals and social service institutions.
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PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Nambi E. Kelley’s “Native Son”
PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly opens its 2019/20 Mainstage season with Nambi E. Kelley’s powerful and heart-stopping adaptation of Richard Wright’s “Native Son”. Directed by Colette Robert, and featuring original music by G. Clausen, the production runs from September 11 to 29, 2019.
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Statement on Diversity from Dean Terry Rhodes
The College of Arts & Sciences, the largest school at Carolina, is a place of diverse talents, backgrounds, interests and experiences. This diversity — among our 19,000-plus undergraduate and graduate students and nearly 1,600 faculty and staff — is one of our greatest strengths. We know that when people with diverse backgrounds and perspectives come
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Research UNCovered: Eleftheria “Ria” Kontou
Eleftheria “Ria” Kontou is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of City and Regional Planning. She uses transportation models to uncover whether ride-sourcing platforms like Uber and Lyft affect city road crashes, injuries, fatalities, and DUI rates to help urban planners identify solutions for safe, efficient mobility.
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