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Conserving sacred portals of the Yucatán Fall 2018

An international team of scholars, students and educators, led by two anthropologists, are teaching Mexican schoolchildren about preserving cenotes.

On one of the Galapagos Islands, a student points while other students look on.

New name, new emphasis, for environmental program Fall 2018

A new interdisciplinary program in Environment, Ecology and Energy, E³P, will leverage the College’s strengths in natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.

Environment and ecology graduates celebrate outside Murray Hall in spring 2018.

Environmental grads find rewarding careers in sustainability, energy Fall 2018

Liza Schillo and Morgan Zemaitis appreciate the interdisciplinary nature of their Carolina degrees, which fueled their rewarding careers in sustainability and energy.

Blue slide with little medical icons reads "Stories to Save Lives" Health, Illness and Medical Care

Saving lives through stories Fall 2018

The Southern Oral History Program launches a major research initiative — to collect oral histories in rural North Carolina communities that inform health care research, practice and policy.

Early morning clouds are reflected in a blue pool on the Ngozumba glacier in the Gokyo Valley of Nepal, with the twin peaks of Cholatse and Arakam Tse visible in the background. (Photo by Roberto Camassa.)

Science, spirituality and synergy in Nepal Fall 2018

In a three-week journey from Chapel Hill to the Himalayas to study the effects of climate change on Buddhist holy lakes, two mathematicians, a marine scientist and a religious studies scholar overcame multiple challenges and proved the value of an interdisciplinary team.

Bo Li is one of Carolina chemistry’s rising young stars. Behind her is Royce Murray, who has been with the department for nearly six decades and for whom Murray Hall is named. (phot

Chemistry at Carolina: Two centuries forever young Spring 2018

In April, Carolina chemistry will celebrate its 200th birthday. A key secret to reaching this venerable milestone and achieving an international reputation has been to invest in generations of promising young scientists like Bo Li and to provide them with the tools they need to thrive.

Maurice Bursey (center in this undated photo) wrote the departmental history Carolina Chemists, published in 1982, and another book seven years later on Francis P. Venable. (photo courtesy of N.C. Collection, University Libraries)

Chemistry Milestones, 1818 – 2018 Spring 2018

Milestones of Carolina chemistry, from 1818 to 2018.

A grant from the Clare Boothe Luce Program will support new graduate fellowships for women in chemistry. The program, with a mentoring component, will be led by Jillian Dempsey (right). (photo by Jon Gardiner)

Luce grant supports female chemists Spring 2018

Encouraging women chemists to pursue academic careers is a priority of the chemistry department. A recent $300,000 grant from the Clare Boothe Luce Program will support new graduate fellowships for women in chemistry and create a mentoring program to support them while they are at UNC.

Bill and Marcie Ferris, in the kitchen of their Chapel Hill home, will retire at the end of the spring semester, but Bill promises “we’ll continue our support for students and for UNC." (photo by Donn Young)

Dynamic Duo Spring 2018

Faculty couple Bill Ferris and Marcie Cohen Ferris are retiring, but their collective contributions to Southern studies and support for the university they love is far from over.

American studies assistant professor Ben Frey at his computer with a coffee pot and surrounding mugs. Words in Cherokee is written on the board behind him.

Saving an Endangered Language Spring 2018

Sociolinguistic scholar Ben Frey helps revitalize Cherokee.

Katharine Aha, seated at a table in the Graham Memorial Building lounge.

Analyzing political accountability abroad Spring 2018

Druscilla French Fellowship helps Ph.D. candidate Katharine Aha advance her research on ethnic minority coalitions in East-Central Europe.

Interns Meet Former White House Communications Chief Spring 2018

Alumnus Don Baer has been involved with the UNC public policy internship program for the past three years, sharing career advice and Chapel Hill anecdotes with the students.

The rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building.

15 Weeks in D.C. Spring 2018

For 15 weeks every spring, students in the UNC Honors Seminar on Public Policy and Global Affairs in Washington, D.C. spend four days a week at prestigious internships in the city’s corridors of power.

The Story of Study Abroad Fall 2017

UNC’s seismic shift in global education. (Senior Cassidy Greshko in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Photo by Jackson Hitchner ’18)

Dan Anderson, left, director of UNC’s Digital Innovation Lab, and Todd Taylor, director of the Writing Program, teach a hands-on workshop for English 105 instructors at the start of the fall semester. The session focused on how to design digital class projects.

Digital literacy fast-forwards at Carolina Fall 2017

A pioneering initiative ensures every Tar Heel student has free access to powerful digital tools — and the coursework that teaches them to be critical thinkers and sophisticated users of essential technologies.

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