Category: Features
Features
Mipso: Up-and-coming acoustic trio bleeds Carolina blue
The southern string band Mipso, made up of 2013 UNC alums Joseph Terrell on guitar, Jacob Sharp on mandolin and Wood Robinson on double bass, are going to be putting a lot of miles on their Subaru this spring.
They’ve got the beat: Popular music classes teach songwriting, DJ culture
Popular music classes taught by professors Bland Simpson and Mark Katz teach songwriting, DJ culture and more.
Addiction science: Unraveling clues to addictive behaviors
UNC psychology researchers are looking inside the brain and testing clinical interventions to learn how drugs and alcohol affect the brain, and they are designing strategies to help break the cycle of addiction.
Teen Health Tracker: Connecting the dots from adolescence to aging
Imagine if we had the ability to predict how teens’ health, social experiences, genetic makeup and living environment might influence their physical state later in adulthood. That mission drives the work of sociologist Kathleen Mullan Harris.
Lives discovered
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.
Front Porch Portal: Home for southern research celebrates 20 years
The tree-shaded, white-frame house at 410 E. Franklin Street has an ample front porch, rocking chairs and a storied history. It’s a perfect setting for UNC’s Center for the Study of the American South, which this year celebrates 20 years of exploring the region’s complex history and culture.
Leading the Southern Oral History Program
Historian Malinda Maynor Lowery was named the new director of the Southern Oral History Program in July 2013.
Preserving the Voices: Southern Oral History Program celebrates 40 years
Since its founding in 1973, the Southern Oral History Program has held as its guiding principle, “You don’t have to be famous for your life to be history.”
Southern Cultures: Journal covers it all, from tobacco queens to blues music
Southern Cultures journal covers it all, from tobacco queens to blues music.
From Plantation to Prison Farm
Graduate student Elijah Gaddis explored the history of Caledonia Prison Farm in Halifax County, N.C.
Dream Catchers: Burch Fellows gain experience by chasing their aspirations
The Burch Fellows Program enables undergraduates across the University with exceptional abilities and interests to design potentially life-transforming experiences.
Exploring Joara: Excavating the past, shaping the future in western N.C.
Three UNC archaeology alums have uncovered the earliest European settlement in the interior U.S., near Morganton, N.C.
Guanajuato Connections: Experiencing the global South
UNC students experience the global South through internships, service learning in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Caribbean’s native predators unable to stop aggressive lionfish
“Ocean predator” conjures up images of sharks and barracudas, but the voracious red lionfish is out-eating them all in the Caribbean — and Mother Nature appears unable to control its impact on local reef fish.
Biomedical Engineering for Undergrads
Carolina undergraduates are inventing devices to tackle real-world problems through biomedical engineering. The opportunity to study in one of the fastest-growing job fields evolved through a partnership between UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Medicine.