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Strong democracy is essential to combating forms of hate, antisemitism expert says

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Kenneth Stern discussed "Antisemitism as a Form of Hate" as the signature event in the College's Countering Hate initiative. (photo by Donn Young)

“Hate has been around for as long as human beings have existed. We’ve always had this capacity to define and vilify another … [yet] we don’t look at hate the same way that we do other feelings that are part of the human condition,” Kenneth Stern, director of the Center for the Study of Hate at Bard College, told an audience Nov. 7.

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Helping a coastal town monitor water quality

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Adam Gold checks on a water monitoring station that he designed and built in the lab. A true Tar Heel, Gold is a Ph.D. student in the Ecology, Environment, and Energy Program, and previously earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNC. (Photo by Sarah Loftus)

A doctoral student’s innovative design project is helping the North Carolina town of Beaufort keep a check on water quality issues in creeks and streams using inexpensive monitoring stations. The health of North Carolina’s coastal watersheds are essential for industries like tourism and fishing.

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Borders and Belonging

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Susan Harbage Page holds a number of the objects she has collected at the U.S. Mexico border like a Bible, a shoe, an inner tube/raft, and more. (photo by Donn Young)

Susan Harbage Page has long held a fascination with borders and identity. For almost a decade, she walked the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley, photographing and collecting objects that border-crossers left behind. The objects told her powerful stories about hope and heartache, borders and belonging, and sometimes, a great deal of violence.

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A Leading Research Institution

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aylyn Gootman works with a student to take water quality measurements on a boat on Jordan Lake.metry-and-water-quality-measurement

University Research Week, November 4-8, is an annual celebration of Carolina’s research excellence and an effort to increase participation by students, of all levels, in research activity. Through lectures, workshops, lab tours, and more, the campus community will become more familiar with our world-class research and the strategic initiatives that make Carolina one of the top research institutions in the world.

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