Biologist named fellow of international scientific society

/ Natural Sciences & Mathematics

College biologist Jeff Sekelsky joins five other University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty members who have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Sekelsky was recognized for distinguished contributions to the field of genetics, particularly the genetic and molecular descriptions of DNA repair and recombination processes. He also […]

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DeSimone wins innovation award from scientific research society

/ Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Chemist Joseph DeSimone has been awarded the 2012 Walston Chubb Award for Innovation from the scientific research society Sigma Xi. DeSimone is Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina

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Extending the gift of friendship to Fukushima University in Japan

/ Social Sciences

A yellow poplar tree, just like UNC’s beloved Davie Poplar, will now watch over the campus community of Fukushima University in Japan.

To honor the legacy of friendship and goodwill between the Tar Heels and Japan, Carolina sent textbooks and a yellow poplar sapling to Fukushima University, where a tree-planting ceremony on the central plaza was held in November.

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Phillips Ambassadors to study in Asia in spring 2012

/ Undergraduate Education

Six undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors for spring 2012 study abroad programs in Asia. They will study in China, India and Singapore.

Phillips Ambassadors are selected twice a year and receive up to $7,500 each for a semester or year-long program and up to $5,000 each for a summer program. Recipients are selected for academic achievement and commitment to activities, service and leadership roles in the classroom and community.

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Partisan Partners

/ Social Sciences

It takes a new president so long to fill jobs within the federal government that there’s never a time when all the positions are filled. “We call it the government of empty chairs,” says UNC political scientist Terry Sullivan. That would be funny if it weren’t so scary. Of the thousands of positions to be filled,

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Graduate student receives Fulbright for research abroad

/ Social Sciences

Jennifer Kosmin of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a 2011-2012 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to fund dissertation research in Italy. “Embodied Knowledge: Midwives and the Medicalization of Childbirth in Early Modern Italy” is the title of her Fulbright research proposal. Kosmin, of Chapel Hill, is a history doctoral candidate

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Carolina for Amani founder receives N.C. Campus Compact award

/ Fine Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences

Morgan Abbott of Raleigh, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, won a John H. Barnhill Trailblazer Award from the North Carolina Campus Compact. Abbot was one of two students who received the award, which is presented to students who exemplify the ability to inspire a campus to address the issues

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UNC Fed Challenge team wins honorable mention in national competition

/ Social Sciences

A team of undergraduate students won honorable mention in a national competition based on the decision-making process of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve System’s monetary policy-setting body. The students on the Fed Challenge Team are advised by Michael Aguilar (Ph.D. ’08), a faculty member in the department of economics. The Fed

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