A little more than 40 years ago, Linda Dykstra and her husband, Bill Hylander, were driving from Chicago toward new careers at Carolina and Duke when they drove through the place they would return for their careers’ end.
Active research and student support mark Dykstra’s four decades on Carolina’s faculty Read More »
This fall and spring, an estimated 100,000 students will take five courses offered by six of the best faculty members at Carolina.
MOOCs extend Carolina’s reach across the globe Read More »
Thomas Donilon, former national security adviser to President Barack Obama, and Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, will discuss “Foreign Policy and National Security” in a free talk Oct. 30 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Foreign policy and national security are the topic of Oct. 30 talk Read More »
Filmmaker Marco Williams will discuss his film, Two Towns of Jasper at a free film screening Oct. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History. Williams is a professor in the department of film and TV at the Tisch School at NYU. Williams’s films have won numerous prizes,
Filmmaker to discuss ‘Two Towns of Jasper’ Oct. 7 Read More »
UNC alum Rod Brooks, president and CEO of Stop Hunger Now, is tackling a global crisis, one meal at a time. He says he can trace his entire career path to his global experience at UNC.
Rod Brooks tackles a global crisis, one meal at a time Read More »
Oct. 1: Live bluegrass banjo concert with Jim Mills. 12 noon, Wilson Library, Pleasants Family Assembly Room. 919.962.7105. http://library.unc.edu Oct. 1: Syria — The Wider Implications, a discussion with UNC Political Science Professors Timothy McKeown, Navin Bapat and Stephen Gent, and doctoral students Bryce Loidolt, Elizabeth Menninga and Chris Watt. 7:30 pm, Murray G202. https://college.unc.edu/2013/09/18/syriapanel/
UNC College Calendar: Foreign policy talks, lively arts and new chancellor celebration Read More »
An award from the Carnegie Corporation of New York will fund visiting fellowships for Arab region social scientists to come to UNC-Chapel Hill, beginning in fall 2014.
Carnegie Fellowships to support visiting Arab social scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill Read More »
Music Dept. Chair Mark Katz is bringing the beloved Pepper’s Pizza art to Hill Hall. After Pepper’s closed, Katz acquired the paintings of N.C. musicians done by UNC art alum Scott Nurkin.
Pepper’s Pizza paintings to hang at Hill Hall Read More »
A serendipitous photo Rachel Willis took in the London `Docklands in January 2012 led to a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Panama Canal Third Lock Construction project this summer and her assignment to take thousands of digital images.
Willis captures the ‘bigger picture’ of Panama Canal expansion Read More »
In introductory geology, Kevin Stewart tells his students that we know more about the things millions of miles above our heads than a mile below our feet.
Stewart: More students than ever are choosing geology Read More »
