The Old Well: Past, Present and Future
Was the Old Well ever new? Daniel Wallace explains in this tribute to UNC’s beloved landmark.
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Social Sciences
College Bookshelf
Fall books include a page-turner from Bart Ehrman, a tribute to Woody Durham and poems from New Orleans, plus books on the fascinating world of the hip-hop DJ, Cherokee stories, life in a West Va. coal-mining town; and more.
Precious Resource: Scientist saves lives through clean water
Procter & Gamble scientist and UNC alum Greg Allgood is saving lives through clean water
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Water in the classroom
UNC faculty are designing new courses around the theme, “Water in our World.”
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Center provides ‘a place and a space’ to study the South
On a white wooden bookshelf in Jocelyn Neal’s office sits a sealed, unopened mason jar, filled to the brim with a telltale clear liquid and dressed in a homemade label. Neal is the new director of the Center for the Study of the American South.
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Stimson: Whether Obama can win with a bad economy is a definite maybe
James Stimson, Raymond Dawson Professor of Political Science, shares his thoughts on the 2012 election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.
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Oyster Culture: Cultivating the foodways of a Virginia coastal community
Cultural historian Bernie Herman is helping to preserve and cultivate the foodways of a special Virginia coastal community.
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Total Immersion: The art and science of water in our world
Water. Life depends on it, and starting this fall the Carolina campus is becoming immersed in it. On World Water Day last spring, UNC announced that water would be the focus of a two-year, campuswide academic theme called “Water in Our World.”
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College faculty among Hettleman Prize winners
Four highly promising professors in diverse fields have been awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. Two of the winners are in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Haggis, Kotch receive NEH awards for archaeological, Civil Rights journalism projects
Donald Haggis and Seth Kotch in the College of Arts and Sciences have received National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awards for research that explores an archaeological project on the island of Crete and Civil Rights-era journalism.
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