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Overcoming Zoom fatigue
Eight months into the coronavirus pandemic, “Zoom fatigue” is a growing problem. Now, more than ever, physical and mental health are important.
#Throwback: 30 issues, 15 years
Durana was featured on our first magazine cover in fall 2005, when a Burch Fellowship led him to bicycle across China.
Summer Bridge helped a pediatrician get a solid start at Carolina
Leon Livingston ’91, a pediatrician in Memphis, Tennessee, credits a UNC program called Summer Bridge with helping him jumpstart his academic career.
New initiative will study technology and the adolescent brain
The Winston Family Initiative will put Carolina’s department of psychology and neuroscience at the forefront of brain development and technology research over the next three years.
‘Your only limitation is your own imagination’
Richard Watkins, program coordinator for Chancellor’s Science Scholars (CSS), shares how UNC helped shape his career path and why he invests in the next generation of STEM talent.
Discovering a new fundamental underwater force
A team of mathematicians from UNC-Chapel Hill and Brown University has discovered a new fundamental underwater force.
University adds new Korean studies major
Thirteen years after 23 students enrolled in the first Korean language class at Carolina, the University has added a major in Korean studies.
Meaning of emotions may differ across the world
Psychology researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill studied languages around the world and found that the meaning of emotions may differ across speakers of different languages.
A virtual museum of ancient N.C. history
Ancient North Carolinians is a new virtual museum that raises awareness of the 15,000-year history of North Carolina’s indigenous populations.
Mellon-funded undergraduate fellows develop new public humanities projects
The inaugural class of Humanities Futures undergraduate fellows began work this spring as part of the Humanities for the Public Good initiative.
Estimating the global extent of river ice loss
A new study from UNC-Chapel Hill researchers found that annual river ice cover will decline by about six days for every one degree Celsius increase in global temperatures.
#Throwback: Happy 100 years, sociology
Sociology marks its centennial birthday this year.
Transformational gift to fund new sports medicine complex
A transformational gift from Don and Billie Stallings will fund the physical expansion of current University programs dedicated to sports medicine, sport-related traumatic brain injury and concussion research, and create the Stallings-Evans Sports Medicine Complex.
Confronting antisemitism
“Topics in Jewish Studies: Confronting Antisemitism” is a new, one-credit-hour course that takes a broad look at antisemitism in history, our contemporary world and on campus.