A scientist who specializes in “climate fingerprint” studies — seeking to understand the nature and causes of climate change — will give two free talks Oct. 27 and 28 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Benjamin D. Santer, a climate scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, comes to campus […]
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Inspired by the quest of identity that occupied Rembrandt through his life, the North Carolina Museum of Art presents “Self, Observed,” the first exhibition of college student work juried by college students at the Museum. Exhibited concurrently with the Rembrandt in America exhibition, “Self, Observed” reexamines the function of portraiture and highlights the enduring influence
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In the fall of 2008, Andrew Finn Magill (cultural studies ’09) began a personal project (watch video) to fuse two of his passions — music and public health. After meeting with Irving Hoffman, the director of UNC Projects-Malawi, Magill connected with Malawian singer-songwriter Peter Mawanga and started “Mau a Malawi: Stories of AIDS.” Now, almost
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In the summer of 1961, during the first months of America’s civil rights movement, waves of young people rode buses into the heart of the deep South. Mostly college students, the interracial groups challenged Jim Crow laws that segregated interstate travel in the region. Their bravery helped change the course of American history. PlayMakers Repertory
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Two scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have won awards from the National Communication Association (NCA), the largest national organization that promotes communication scholarship and education. Dennis Mumby, professor of communication studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, received a Distinguished Scholar Award for a lifetime of scholarly achievement in
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A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill computer scientist has been inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame. Research professor Diane Pozefsky is one of five new inductees into the Hall of Fame, which was established in 1996 to recognize, honor and promote the outstanding contributions women make to scientific and
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A new scientific instrument will enable University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers to analyze everything from corals and rocks to human teeth and the blood of mosquitoes. The National Science Foundation’s major research instrumentation program has granted UNC $410,000 to acquire a device called an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. It features a
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Bereket Selassie, the William E. Leuchtenburg Professor of African Studies in UNC’s department of African and Afro-American studies, delivered a distinguished lecture at Tanzania’s oldest and largest public university.
Selassie was selected as the Julius Nyerere Distinguished Lecturer on Pan-Africanism by the University of Dar es Salaam. The university is situated on the western side of the city of Dar es Salaam.
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A sport administration class taught by Richard Southall, associate professor of exercise and sport science, has a unique partnership with the Carolina RailHawks, a professional soccer team based in Cary. Currently in its second year, the partnership provides real-life work experience for UNC students. Students in Southall’s sales and revenue production class apply their classroom
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A lecture and performances on domestic violence will be a part of the semester-long residency of folklorist Elaine Lawless, the Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. Lawless, a professor of English at the University of Missouri, spent a sabbatical year volunteering at a shelter
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