On the Front Lines of El Nino
To better understand the severity of this year’s El Niño, UNC oceanographers traveled to one of the hardest hit places — the Galápagos Islands.
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The Starting Point
The UNC LGBTQ Representation and Rights Initiative has published the first worldwide comprehensive report on transgender people serving in elected office.
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DeSimone to receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Chemist Joseph DeSimone will receive a National Medal of Technology and Innovation — among the nation’s highest honors for advancing innovation in science. The award will be presented at the White House early next year.
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UNC Research: Improvements for nonflammable lithium-ion batteries
Joseph DeSimone from UNC’s College of and Sciences and Nitash Balsara from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have made their nonflammable lithium-ion battery prototype even better, replacing the liquid electrolyte with a liquid-solid hybrid that makes the battery more conductive and more resistant to damage.
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Happy Holidays from UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences wishes you a season full of joy, warmth and peace.
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Students learn to ‘BeAM’ in telescope-building class
About 20 students with majors including biology, Russian languages and studio art recently came together to build a telescope in the new makerspace in the basement of Hanes Art Center.
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English professor wins Mary Turner Lane Award
English professor Connie Eble received the 2016 Mary Turner Lane Award.
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Jennifer Ho named new IAH associate director
Jennifer Ho, associate professor and director of graduate studies for the department of English and comparative literature, will become the associate director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
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UNC debuts ‘Veterans and Their Families,’ a festival of new works, Jan. 8-23
The event, sponsored by Carolina’s department of communication and partners, features three performances by local playwrights inspired by military veterans and their families.
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PlayMakers continues PRC2 series with KJ Sanchez in ‘Highway 47’
The play, which runs Jan. 6-10, spins a true tale of tangled history, family politics and land rights in a high desert New Mexico town.
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