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College Bookshelf Spring 2014

March 12, 2014

Remembering Bill Friday, a new collection from Russell Banks, plus books on Eating Asian American, the Southerner’s guide to living a good life, military chaplains and the Vietnam War, the “other Gospels,” politics from Nixon to NAFTA, and more

Reflection at the Malecon

March 12, 2014

Biology graduate student Abel Valdivia’s stunning photograph at the Havana seawall.

Experience matters

March 12, 2014

That familiar sea of blue will soon fill Kenan Stadium again, as our latest crop of Carolina graduates takes on the world. This issue of the magazine reminds me about how the practical experiences we give our students during their time at UNC are helping to shape their future lives.

Lives discovered

March 12, 2014

Details from the lives of black artisans in North Carolina, unseen for more than 100 years, are being discovered by UNC students using digital resources.

Something in the water at PlayMakers

March 12, 2014

Last fall PlayMakers Repertory Company transformed the Paul Green Theatre into an aquatic wonderland complete with indoor pool for the mythological storytelling of the Tony Award-winning play “Metamorphoses,” presented in repertory with the Shakespearean epic “The Tempest.”

Caterpillars respond to climate change

March 12, 2014

Research by a team of UNC biologists and graduate student shows that some caterpillars are already evolving to cope with climate change.