Curators at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., selected 102 artists from across the country to display their work at “State of the Art.” The exhibit features work by UNC art professor Jeff Whetstone.
The Artist and the Snake: A Collaboration Read More »
PlayMakers Repertory Company takes audiences into the darker reaches of the forest with two tales of magic and transformation in the theater’s annual rotating repertory event. The professional theater in residence performs “Into the Woods” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Nov. 1 to Dec. 7.
PlayMakers presents Sondheim and Shakespeare in repertory starting Nov. 1 Read More »
Tom Meyer, director of the Energy Frontier Research Center for Solar Fuels at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was honored Oct. 6 as one of two recipients of a $1 million prize given by Israel for research on alternative fuels.
Professor Tom Meyer shares $1 million prize from Israel for solar energy breakthrough Read More »
Joseph Haj, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded the 2014 Zelda Fichandler Award. The prestigious honor recognizes an outstanding director or choreographer who is transforming the regional arts landscape through imaginative, brave work in theater.
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Recognized once again as one of the leading global public research universities, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks 46th among the top universities in the world, up one spot from last year. It was 12th among U.S. public universities on the London-based Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Global rankings place UNC 46th among top universities in the world Read More »
A documentary by UNC geographer Altha Cravey that explores the connections of the indigenous Otomi people in Durham, N.C., and in their hometown of San Pablito, Mexico, has been selected for an American Indian film festival.
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Through the generosity of Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Glass of Philadelphia, the Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has established a three-year term professorship for a faculty member and a corresponding fellowship for the graduate student the professor selects to mentor.
Graduate School establishes new mentoring professorship and student fellowship Read More »
UNC’s Office of Undergraduate Education will receive $3 million over four years to fund a program for first-generation college students that includes curricular innovations, outreach and support, and pathways for timely and affordable degree completion.
College receives $3M for program to benefit first-generation undergraduate students Read More »
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National University of Singapore have formally extended their partnership, now entering its second decade. A leading global university centered in Asia, the National University of Singapore (NUS) is ranked second overall and first in social sciences among universities in Asia.
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Stephen Walsh is the director of Carolina’s Center for Galapagos Studies and co-director of the Galapagos Science Center, a joint effort between Carolina and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.
Galapagos Science Center: a lab for human-environment interaction Read More »
