HackNC 2019 celebrates largest hackathon yet
Hundreds of undergraduate students gathered in Woollen Gym on Oct. 12 for HackNC 2019, the largest hackathon held annually at UNC-Chapel Hill.
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October 2019
Countering Hate initiative explores issues of intolerance
Under the leadership of Interim Dean Terry Rhodes, a new initiative called Countering Hate: Overcoming Fear of Differences launched this fall in the College of Arts & Sciences to foster community and understanding and help students discuss difficult topics.
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Interim Dean Terry Rhodes is learning and listening
Rhodes recently spoke with The Well about some of her initiatives, the new general education curriculum and making time for singing.
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UNC Opera Brings Mozart to the Moon
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, UNC Opera is reimagining a classic.
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Three students selected as 2020 Weir Fellows
Three students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were selected as recipients of the 2020 William D. Weir Honors Fellowship in Asian Studies, a program designed for students who have started their Chinese language journey and would like to develop advanced working language skills.
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Does college make good citizens?
Is the type of person who would opt to go to college naturally more inclined to be a good citizen? Or is it the college experience itself that helps make the person a good citizen?
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Clean water for all
Professor Theo Dingemans and the Sustainable Access to Clean Water Creativity Hub are changing the way water is made safe for populations around the world.
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Concussion care on the front lines
A current multidisciplinary initiative led by Carolina’s Jason Mihalik is tracking neurological function in elite warfighters. In August 2008, high school athlete Matthew Gfeller sustained a fatal traumatic brain injury during his first varsity football game. One year later, Matthew’s family and friends turned their grief into hope by funding the creation of the Matthew
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Legant named 2019 Packard Fellow
Wesley Legant of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the UNC School of Medicine is one of 22 early-career scientists and engineers who will each receive $875,000 over five years from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation to pursue their research.
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