New ‘Blue’ makerspace in Carmichael Residence Hall fuses entrepreneurship and the art of doing – right at students’ front doors.
For some Carolina students, making isn’t something they go and do. It’s where they live. Read More »
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students and staff recently joined with the 14 other universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference at the ACCelerate Creativity and Innovation Festival, where they shared the novel application of ideas and research.
Carolina brings innovative spirit, cutting-edge exhibits to Smithsonian festival Read More »
Robyn Schroeder brings her passion for public humanities to UNC’s College of Arts & Sciences as the new initiative director for the Mellon-funded Humanities for the Public Good.
Meet Robyn Schroeder, director of Humanities for the Public Good Read More »
A $300,000 grant from the Clare Boothe Luce Program will support three new graduate fellowships for women in chemistry at UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC will commit to a fourth fellowship. The fellowships will be used to support and nurture women graduate students who are aspiring to tenure-track academic positions.
$300,000 grant will support new graduate fellowships for women in chemistry Read More »
Carmen Huerta-Bapat inspires Carolina Firsts students by sharing her own struggles to reach success.
Running down a dream Read More »
Former Sequoyah Fellow and author of a new book on Native American tribal citizenship, Mikaëla Adams reflects on her work and cherished memories of Carolina.
Alumni Focus: Mikaëla Adams Read More »
The Carolina Grad Student F1RSTS initiative is helping fist generation students succeed in graduate school and doctoral programs.
Transitioning to Graduate Life: First-Generation Students Read More »
Chemistry undergraduates are developing their own research questions and projects in a new class at UNC, thanks to the drive and dedication of organic chemistry professor Nita Eskew.
CURE-ious Chemistry Read More »
Michael Chitwood, UNC lecturer of creative writing, is co-editor of a new volume of essays, “Best Creative Nonfiction of the South, Volume II: North Carolina” (October 2017, Texas Review Press). We recently chatted with Chitwood about the essays, which celebrate the state’s past and present, and its range of cultures and geography, from the mountains to the sea.
A window into North Carolina, through the best creative nonfiction Read More »
Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mohit Bansal has received the prestigious Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) – becoming only the second UNC-Chapel Hill faculty member to do so — for his work on natural language processing and machine learning.
Bansal receives DARPA Young Faculty Award Read More »
