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Area studies centers awarded $12 million in federal grants

October 4, 2022

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

Leading Blue Heaven

October 4, 2022

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

Surveyor and storyteller

October 4, 2022

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

Lifelong learners and leaders

October 4, 2022

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

Minor teaches skills in engineering, entrepreneurship

September 30, 2022

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

College DEI efforts get a boost

September 30, 2022

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

Serial entrepreneur

September 30, 2022

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

Creating community in the classroom

September 30, 2022

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