Women in Science Wednesday: Gulden Othman

/ Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Gulden Othman is a third-year graduate student in the Department of Physics and Astronomywithin the UNC College of Arts & Sciences. She currently works in the Experimental Nuclear and Astroparticle Physics group and is also on the executive board of UNC Women in Science and Engineering (WISE). Her research focuses on observing the interactions of the building blocks of matter to understand how the universe has evolved from the Big Bang to present day.

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‘Creating Scientists’ is focus of 5-year QEP initiative

/ Natural Sciences & Mathematics, News, Undergraduate Education

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched a five-year initiative, “Creating Scientists: Learning by Connecting, Doing and Making,” to expose undergraduate students to more hands-on research and collaborative opportunities and help them hone their analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle real-world problems.

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Twenty-four teams from across the U.S. participate in National High School Ethics Bowl

/ Fine Arts & Humanities

Editor’s note: The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham won the 2017 National Ethics Bowl competition. This was the largest competition to date, with 3,924 students from 413 teams representing 281 schools competing in 32 regionals from September to March before the national championship.    The fifth annual National High School Ethics

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Ninety percent of predatory fish gone from Caribbean coral reefs due to overfishing

/ Global Programs, Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that up to 90 percent of predatory fish are gone from Caribbean coral reefs, straining the ocean ecosystem and coastal economy. The good news? They identified reefs, known as supersites, which can support large numbers of predator fishes that if reintroduced, can help restore the environmental and economic setback inflicted by overfishing

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UNC Hosts Tania Lima from King’s College London

/ Global Programs

Tania Lima, director of global engagement for King’s Worldwide at King’s College London, visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on February 23 for an overview of partnership activities between UNC and King’s. Lima joined King’s Worldwide in February 2016 and is responsible for directing the global engagement team and supporting overseas partnerships.

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Carolina student earns Luce Scholars Program Fellowship

/ Global Programs, Social Sciences, Undergraduate Education

Martha Isaacs, a fourth-year student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been named a recipient of the 2017 Luce Scholars Program Fellowship. Carolina boasts more Luce Scholars than any other college or university in the United States, including eight recipients in the last five academic years.  Isaacs, a geography of human

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