UNC biologists may have good news for male songbirds: You might not have to be a stud to attract a mate. The work not only means good news for male birds that are not at the top of the pecking order, but it could be important for the survival of the species.
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The Burch Field Research Seminar on Domestic and International Affairs offers undergraduates at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a unique learning, living and internship opportunity in Washington, D.C.
Living, learning, interning through the Burch seminar in D.C. Read More »
Six global and area studies centers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive approximately $10.1 million in competitive federal Title VI grants over the next four years.
UNC Global and Area Studies Centers Awarded $10.1 Million in Federal Education Grants Read More »
James Peacock, the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, will be awarded the 2014 George H. Johnson Prize by UNC’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities at a celebration and reception Oct. 17.
Anthropology professor to be awarded prize for distinguished service Read More »
The world premiere of the restored version of “Johnny Johnson”by Paul Green and Kurt Weill, with text and music not heard since 1937, will be staged at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nov. 20-24.
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Before you watch North Carolina’s football team play Saturday, take a bit of time to learn more about what’s inside those helmets. UNC concussion researcher Kevin Guskiewicz will be the latest speaker at the Game Day Lecture Series on Oct. 18.
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College of Arts and Sciences will host the seventh annual Carolina Climate Change Seminar Oct. 23-24 on campus. The public seminar features Inez Fung from the University of California, Berkeley and is titled Carbon Dioxide from Space: Towards Climate Treaty Verification. It will take place on Thursday,
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been awarded a $1.86 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to create a regional center of excellence in intelligence studies.
New center to focus on intelligence, security studies Read More »
Whenever John Paul Balmonte attends an oceanography conference or goes on fieldwork expeditions, he often feels somewhat isolated. Balmonte, a second-year doctoral student in the marine sciences department, is Filipino. “I definitely feel like I am alone, in terms of the color of my skin and my cultural perspective,” he said, referring to his field of study. “In that sense it is still very difficult to find others who I can relate with culturally.”
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Scholars and experts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and King’s College London recently co-wrote and edited an essay collection covering more than 200 years of global borderland history. Palgrave Macmillan published the collection, Borderlands in World History, 1700–1914, on May 30, 2014.
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