UNC study: An increase in California in medical exemptions from immunization after the elimination of personal belief exemptions suggests that some vaccine-hesitant parents may have located physicians willing to exercise the broader discretion provided by California Senate bill 277 for granting medical exemptions.
This summer, senior Trevor McPherson traveled to Indonesia to continue his research into the intersection of music and neuroscience.
Researching the Brain through Balinese Gamelan Read More »
Jessica Tanner, an assistant professor of French at Carolina, doesn’t often get the chance to speak the language she loves so much – at least outside of the classroom.
English is off the menu at Language Lunches Read More »
UNC classics professor Jennifer Gates-Foster is part of a small team recently awarded a 1.5 million euro European Research Council starting grant in support of archaeological work in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
Assistant professor of classics is member of team awarded 1.5 million euro grant Read More »
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $4.8 million grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to help alleviate energy poverty in Southern Africa. Energy poverty is the lack of access to modern energy sources such as electricity and modern fuels -crucial resources to the well-being of individuals and communities, the environment and to the stability and growth of national economies. In sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 620 million people lack access to electricity, and 730 million use solid biomass and inefficient stoves as their primary source of cooking energy.
UNC receives $4.8 million grant to confront energy poverty in Southern Africa Read More »
Art reflects real-life headlines in dramedy about a baker torn between love and faith, in production that opens Sept. 13.
PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Regional Premiere of “The Cake” Read More »
Innovative professorship recognizes strong bond between faculty advisers, graduate students. Fauser selects Jennifer Walker as 2017-2018 fellow.
Music Professor Annegret Fauser awarded Glass Distinguished Professorship Read More »
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received $543.3 million in donor commitments in fiscal year 2017 (concluding June 30, 2017), marking Carolina’s third-straight fundraising record and first time topping $500 million. The total eclipsed fiscal year 2016’s previous record of $495 million by nearly $50 million.
Carolina celebrates record fundraising year Read More »
Each June, across North Carolina, the familiar twinkle of fireflies fills the evening sky. Slowly, one by one, these beetles emit a spark of light — a chemical reaction called bioluminescence. They flicker randomly until more and more of them gather together amongst the leaves. Then, an odd thing happens: They begin to sparkle in unison.
In Sync: Studying the synchronization between North and South Poles Read More »
Led by Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, an anthropology professor and the senior associate dean for social sciences and global programs in the College of Arts & Sciences, the “Factories of Change” project brings together an unlikely cohort.
