The father should be dead. The son struggled with college. They took different paths, at different schools, to an academic convergence that’s just the beginning for both. They’ll graduate together in May.
Commencement Profile: They Will Walk Together Read More »
2018 American studies graduates Morgan Vickers and Hannah Herzog share a common bond of uncovering the stories of people behind painful but important moments in history.
College of Arts & Sciences Dean Kevin Guskiewicz described the new Program in Environment, Ecology and Energy as “uniquely Carolina.” It was among several new initiatives that Guskiewicz and his senior leadership team highlighted at the College faculty meeting on May 2.
College faculty meeting covers topics from convergent science to public humanities Read More »
Carolina’s innovative learning techniques are featured in a May 6 online article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, “Traditional Teaching May Deepen Inequality. Can a Different Approach Fix It?” The article features the work of Kelly Hogan, STEM teaching associate professor and assistant dean of instructional innovation in the College of Arts & Sciences.
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UNC’s new Creativity Hubs initiative has announced awards to campus research teams pursuing solutions to two of the world’s most pressing issues: the obesity epidemic and the global clean water shortage. College of Arts & Sciences faculty play a key role on the teams.
Winners selected for UNC Creativity Hubs inaugural awards Read More »
Maze Day invites K-12 students with visual impairments, along with their parents/guardians and teachers, to the computer science department to experience a wide variety of educational games and tools created just for them.
Computer science department provides an ‘empowering’ day for visually impaired students Read More »
For high school senior Madeleine McCluer, completing her senior project was more than just a graduation requirement at Hickory High School in Hickory, North Carolina—for her, it was personal.
Madelyn Percy’s work has taken her to Chile, France, Belize and Iceland. She has spent a total of 18 weeks in the Galapagos Archipelago studying soil fertility. At UNC-Chapel Hill, Percy is pursuing her goal of becoming a “rock solid geoscience educator.”
Meet Madelyn Percy: President of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation Read More »
Each spring, Carolina celebrates its outstanding faculty members with the University Teaching Awards, recognizing the professors and graduate students who are making an impact in their classrooms. Most of the winners were from the College of Arts & Sciences.
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Shane Doolan is Commander of the UNC U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and Chair of the Department of Military Science and Director of Off-Campus Student Life and Community Partnerships.
Carolina People: Shane Doolan Read More »
