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A woman poses in front of a tv camera as she cooks in a cooking show. Behind her is a large sign with Chinese writing on it.

A global culinary icon Fall 2024

“Food is such a fundamental anchor of Chinese American identity,” historian Michelle T. King writes in “Chop Fry Watch Learn,” her new book on Taiwanese cooking pioneer Fu Pei-mei. In the book, King shares Fu’s recipe for sweet and sour boneless “squirreled” fish.


Xenia Weakly strikes a pose in the middle of a crowded street in Akihabara, Japan.

My semester in Japan Spring 2024

UNC senior and Phillips Ambassador Xenia Weakly documents her transformative semester in Japan. She learned through her study abroad experience that it is “all the more essential for us to learn about those who are different from ourselves.”


Carolina alumni (from left) Wood Robinson, Joseph Terrell, Libby Rodenbough and Jacob Sharp of the band Mipso sit on a bench in front of a white wall.

Carolina Rolling By Fall 2023

Carolina alumni (from left) Wood Robinson, Joseph Terrell, Libby Rodenbough and Jacob Sharp of the band Mipso have been captivating audiences with their sweet harmonies for over a decade. The band is currently on tour promoting its sixth album, Book of Fools. Terrell shared with “Carolina Arts & Sciences” magazine the handwritten lyrics to “Carolina Rolling By,” the first track released, and it’s a song that Tar Heels will likely be singing on repeat.


A headshot of Jieni Zhou at the Campus Y mural. The mural features UNC landmarks and Rameses the Ram.

College Up Close Spring 2023

Get to know the College of Arts and Sciences like never before in our new social media series, College Up Close.

The finished mural on the outside of the IMS building.

Mural, mural on the wall. Who’s the saltiest of them all? Fall 2022

The Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City recently got a much-needed facelift in the form of a 66 by 40-foot mural three stories high.

A piece of strawberry shortcake on a scalloped plate.

Strawberry shortcakes with sorghum whip Spring 2022

KC Hysmith, a Ph.D. candidate in American studies who is also a writer, food historian, recipe developer and photographer, shares her recipe for strawberry shortcake.

UNC English Majors Through the Ages. Illustration of portraits by Daniel Wallace, of imagined students from 1795, 1863, 1927, 1950, 1968 and 2022.

You’re invited to a big bash in fall 2021 Spring 2021

We asked prolific author Daniel Wallace to help us generate excitement for a big birthday; English was first taught to students in 1795.

Trees in a forest

By Land Fall 2020

Tyree Daye, assistant professor of creative writing, shares his poem "By Land" from his new collection, Cardinal.

Old Well with yellow tulips

Carolina in my mind (online exclusive) Spring 2020

As we move to remote teaching, learning and working, many of us are missing these views. As an online-only Finale, here are some virtual backgrounds to use for your meetings, classes and more.

JJ Bauer

Places and spaces Fall 2019

An updated version of art professor John Allcott’s seminal The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Twenty-Five Years of Architecture was published this fall.

A view of two glaciers in the Juneau Icefield with snow in the foreground. Photo by Andrew Opila.

A View of Two Glaciers Spring 2019

UNC junior Carly Onnink was inspired to write this poem after participating in fieldwork last summer through the Juneau Icefield Research Program.

Illustration by Will Black, who graduated from Carolina in 2011 with degrees in fine art and history. Since 2017, Black has worked as an administrative support specialist in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Dean’s Office. He is an avid traveler and lover of history, art and architecture, drawing from these passions in his tribute to Carolina’s 225th birthday. To celebrate the occasion, Black created a collage of the University’s most iconic structures and landscape features. The collage features the Old Well, Playmakers Theatre, Old East, South Building, the Bell Tower and the Davie Poplar.

Celebrating Carolina’s 225th Fall 2018

To celebrate Carolina's 225th birthday, artist and alumnus Will Black created a collage of the University’s most iconic structures and landscape features.

Oliver Jones wears a Carolina backpack at the peak of Dragon's Back hiking trail in Hong Kong

Follow us and share Fall 2017

Tar Heels who travel the globe, are you willing to share your adventures? Follow @unccollege, @uncstudyabroad and @uncglobal on Instagram and use #HeelsAbroad to share your photos.


Jim Hirschfield’s bead art by Paul Hester at the International Arrivals Hall in Terminal E of George Bush International Airport in Houston.

Beads Spring 2017

An installation by Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii, Beads welcomes visitors to the International Arrivals Hall in Terminal E of George Bush International Airport in Houston.


A pile of chicken spice rub seasoning

All-Purpose Rub Fall 2016

Many rub recipes are for particular kinds of meat, but here’s an all-purpose rub that’s good with everything from chicken to pork, beef to bologna. Shoot, it’s even good on popcorn.