A groundbreaking volume weaves a new narrative of the South from its ancient past to the present, drawing on top scholars’ work in global and Atlantic world history, histories of the African diaspora and environmental history. “Expansive” seems a fitting … Read more

With a grant from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Fund, students at UNC-Chapel Hill and Universidad San Francisco de Quito will conduct climate change research over the course of a year. Four Carolina students will travel to Ecuador this … Read more

Wildfires pose a large and growing threat to communities across California, where fires are becoming more frequent and destructive. As climate change occurs, the frequency of wildfires is expected to grow. A new study from researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill and … Read more

Virtual reality headsets are most closely connected to computer science, but they are a key ingredient in Caroline Sibley’s “Advanced Arabic” class. Though they were physically half a world apart, Tar Heels in the teaching assistant professor’s class used Google … Read more

In their end-of-course comments, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord’s students describe him as “amazing,” “engaging,” “academically stimulating,” “respectful” and “brilliant” — as well as “a little goofy, as philosophy professors should be.” They make it clear that it’s not only the content of … Read more

Three researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences won prestigious awards for early-career scientists this spring. Nicolas Pégard, an assistant professor in the department of applied physical sciences, and Pedro Sáenz, an assistant professor in the department of mathematics, … Read more

Noreen McDonald was named senior associate dean for social sciences and global programs in the College of Arts and Sciences in January. She succeeds Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, who completed his term in December. McDonald has been a member of the UNC … Read more

The Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has named UNC-Chapel Hill a top-producing institution of Fulbright U.S. students. This recognition is given to the U.S. colleges and universities with the highest number of applicants selected for the 2022-23 Fulbright … Read more

Four Carolina faculty members have been selected as 2022 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the academic journal Science. The new Carolina fellows are Carol Arnosti, Michael … Read more

The Southern Oral History Program, part of the Center for the Study of the American South, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The founding director of the program is Jacquelyn Dowd Hall (center), the Julia Cherry Spruill Professor Emerita of … Read more