Archived Features
Archived Features
Lifelong learners and leaders
Fall 2022A new general education curriculum launched this fall at Carolina and is designed to support students as they engage in their communities and the world.
From Colorado to Carolina
Fall 2022Jim White, the College’s new dean, is a climate scientist and a consensus-builder.
Preserving endangered manuscripts
Fall 2022Religious studies scholar Waleed Ziad and UNC librarian Rustin Zarkar traveled to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to work with local communities on digitizing endangered Sufi archives.
Crouching researcher, hidden sparrow
Fall 2022Four UNC students spent their summer in Colorado studying Lincoln’s sparrows in search of answers to fundamental biological questions.
A new day for Old Fort
Fall 2022A creative collaborative supported by Southern Futures is conceiving a bright future for Old Fort, North Carolina.
Can sustainable plastics clean our plastic-polluted water?
Spring 2022UNC researchers across disciplines are harnessing the power of a new plastic to remove pollutants from drinking water. Their work just got a significant boost from the state legislature...
Reopening the world
Spring 2022UNC’s Study Abroad Office adapted its programming during the pandemic, creating new global learning opportunities for students at home while helping others travel internationally safely.
The Polio Project
Spring 2022Southern Oral History Program students probed memories of polio to better understand the COVID-19 pandemic.
A space to talk about hard things
Spring 2022The award-winning National High School Ethics Bowl teaches students how to thoughtfully engage with divisive topics — and with one another.
Perseverance in the Páramo
Fall 2021Recent graduates Liz Farquhar and Tessa Davis spent two months in Ecuador doing research. They share how the pandemic shaped their journey.
Inside This Issue
A Campaign for the People: In our cover package, read how the Campaign for Carolina benefited students, faculty and programs across the College. ALSO INSIDE: Southern voices, Starworks, Teens and tech. Click on the magazine cover to view a reader-friendly flipbook.
Letter From the Dean
Dean Jim White shares successes from the Campaign for Carolina and what's next for the College.
Give to Carolina
With groundbreaking research linking social media habits to brain changes, the Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain and Psychological Development also provides career training and public awareness. A $10 million gift in March 2022 from the Winston Family Foundation created the center.