UNC’s area studies centers will receive approximately $12 million in competitive federal Title VI funding over the next four years to support language and area studies coursework, global programming and events, and outreach and opportunities for educators across the southeastern … Read more
A team of specialists and students led by Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor of religious studies, returned to Israel’s Lower Galilee last summer to continue unearthing nearly 1,600-year-old mosaics in an ancient Jewish synagogue at Huqoq. This year’s discoveries in … Read more
Senior Rachel McCarthy led UNC’s Air Force ROTC detachment as wing commander this fall, but her path to becoming the highest-ranking cadet in ‘Blue Heaven’ wasn’t a traditional one. Carolina was not part of senior Rachel McCarthy’s original plan. The … Read more
Anna Atencio was a member of the first Chancellor’s Science Scholars cohort. Now she helps tell the unseen story below the seafloor as a geophysicist on the coast of North Carolina. Anna Atencio (B.S. ’17, M.S. ’18) chose Carolina specifically … Read more
A new general education curriculum launched this fall at Carolina and is designed to support students as they engage in their communities and the world. With the goal of ensuring that Carolina undergraduates gain the skills and knowledge needed to … Read more
An applied sciences and engineering minor that launched in fall 2020 is helping engineering-oriented students build on the foundations of math and science while engaging them to find hands-on solutions to tangible challenges. The inaugural class of students pursuing the … Read more
Dean Jim White elevated Karla Slocum’s position from associate dean to senior associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion in the College of Arts and Sciences in September. In Slocum’s 14 months as associate dean, White noted that she had … Read more
When she was recruited for a position on the College of Arts and Sciences’ Institute for the Arts and Humanities Advisory Board, Caroline Williamson ’83 admits that she didn’t know much about the IAH. She quickly learned that the institute … Read more
Gina Bartasi ’91 is the founder of five companies; her latest venture focuses on streamlining fertility benefits to improve the patient experience. Kindbody founder and chairwoman Gina Bartasi (RTVMP ’91) discovered her entrepreneurial drive while still a student at UNC. … Read more
Ariana Vigil teaches and conducts research in Latina/o literature, militarization, and gender and sexuality. Ariana Vigil, chair and professor of women’s and gender studies, remembers teaching a course in 2016 on “Gender, (Im)migration and Labor in Latina/o Literature” and an … Read more
