Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill honored three faculty members, six teaching assistants and one staff member April 12 for teaching excellence and service to undergraduate students.
UNC students honor teachers and staff for excellence Read More »
Popular young adult novelist Sarah Dessen ’93 is awaiting the May release of her 10th novel, What Happened to Goodbye. The English major, who later returned to teach creative writing at UNC for eight years, talks with us about her latest book, writing process and experiences at Carolina. Her parents were professors in the College
Sarah Dessen: On her 10th novel, her writing process and growing up as a Tar Heel Read More »
Two UNC researchers who lost friends to cancer are working on a promising new drug that could eliminate some of the painful side effects of chemotherapy for future patients. The pre-clinical findings developed by chemist Matthew R. Redinbo and his graduate student Bret Wallace, the paper’s first author, are published in the journal Science. Their
Cancer researchers share motivation behind discovery Read More »
Commencement Weekend 2011 will be held on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8. The main University ceremony will begin at 9:30 Sunday morning, May 8, in Kenan Stadium. No tickets are needed and the ceremony is open to the public. Edward Osborne Wilson, Harvard University professor and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for
Spring commencement: May 7, 8 Read More »
Todd Miller (BA urban studies’78, MA city and regional planning ’80), executive director and founder of the N.C. Coastal Federation (NCCF), has won a National Wetlands Award in the Wetland Community Leader category from the Environmental Law Institute. The National Wetlands Awards are presented annually to individuals who have excelled in wetlands protection, restoration and
Alum Todd Miller wins National Wetlands Award Read More »
An international team of scientists has developed a way to predict how much a person can learn, based on studies at UC Santa Barbara’s Brain Imaging Center. A study published in the April 18 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) details the findings. Study co-author Peter Mucha is professor and chair in the
Scientists discover how to predict learning using brain analysis Read More »
Oyster reefs in North Carolina estuaries have collapsed over the last century, leading to the loss of important ecosystem goods and services they provide to the people in this state. Oysters provide critical nursery habitat for fisheries, biofiltration and shoreline stabilization. Their value as ecosystem engineers greatly outweighs their value as a fisheries commodity. However,
Graduate student Pamela Reynolds: Protecting North Carolina’s oyster reefs Read More »
The film, “More Than Meets the Eye,” will be screened on the UNC campus at 7:30 p.m. May 4 in the Hanes Art Center auditorium. There will be a Q&A discussion following the film. Communication studies professor Hap Kindem’s documentary film, “More than Meets the Eye,” which focuses on the life of a blind Paralympics
Cutting-edge art by seven students soon to graduate with master’s degrees in fine arts in the College of Arts and Sciences will be on April 15 through May 8 in the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The exhibition “NewCurrents in Contemporary Art: MFA 2011” will display works of
Ackland to show work by UNC art graduate students Read More »
Tia Davis, a UNC junior studying public relations and entrepreneurship, won the University’s 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship, including a $1,500 award. Runners up, who won $1,000 awards, are journalism major Jeremy Knight and psychology major Asif Kahn. The three were recognized during UNC’s 31th Annual MLK Birthday Celebration for following Dr. King’s example
MLK Scholars give back to the campus and community Read More »
