High school students worked with professional directors, choreographers and musicians this summer to produce a show through PlayMakers Repertory Company’s Summer Youth Conservatory.
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Human bodies recognize at the molecular level that not all happiness is created equal, responding in ways that can help or hinder physical health, according to new research led by Barbara L. Fredrickson.
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Two Carolina undergraduates are among some 8,000 “Explorers” selected by Google Inc. to try out “Glass,” the company’s new voice-activated, eye-glass-like gadget. Google Glass is not yet available to the public. Patrick Lung and Pranati Panuganti heard about the Glass contest during the spring 2013 semester while they both were studying entrepreneurship in a
Frank Borden Hanes Sr., a longtime friend and benefactor of the College of Arts and Sciences, passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Few have done more to promote the arts and sciences at Carolina than Hanes, a 1942 graduate of the university. He was the founding chairman of the Arts and Sciences Foundation; in 1975
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The TransAtlantic Masters (TAM) Program at the University of North Carolina marks its 15th anniversary this year. TAM trains graduate students pursuing international careers in administration, diplomacy, business, policy-making, consulting, teaching, and research.
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The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has selected Nicole Johnson ’14 to serve as a Young Ambassador for her study in Germany for the 2013-14 academic year.
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“Ocean predator” conjures up images of sharks and barracudas, but the voracious red lionfish is out-eating them all in the Caribbean – and Mother Nature appears unable to control its impact.
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A recent U.S. Geological Survey report confirmed that the nation’s amphibians, including frogs, toads and salamanders, are disappearing “at an alarming and rapid rate.” A UNC biologist has found that North Carolina’s Southern Cricket Frog populations mirror this disturbing national trend.
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Incoming first-year student Madeline “Maddie” Norris of Columbia, S.C., has been awarded a 2013 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a full four-year merit scholarship in creative writing, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Albert Baldwin, William Rand Kenan Professor of Biology in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and associate director of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has received a one-year continuation grant from the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation.
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