Category: Spring 2014
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Google Gaggle: Six alumnae land jobs with search giant
The “Googlers” all benefited from UNC’s minor in entrepreneurship in landing their current jobs in New York, California and Seattle.
Cover Stories, Features, Inside, Issues, Spring 2014
Hong Kong: East meets west in global capital
Jashawnna Gladney ’16 had never been out of the country or even flown on an airplane before. Her dream came true last June when she boarded a jet in Raleigh … Continued
Features, Inside, Issues, Spring 2014
Global Ready: Joint degree from UNC, NUS gives students an edge
Carolina took its global education ambitions to a new level in 2007, when the College of Arts and Sciences established an unusual joint degree program with the National University of … Continued
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 … Continued
Features, Inside, Issues, Spring 2014
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 … Continued
Features, Inside, Issues, Research, Spring 2014
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 … Continued
Features, Inside, Issues, Research, Spring 2014
College Bookshelf Spring 2014
Remembering Bill Friday, a new collection from Russell Banks, plus books on Eating Asian American, the Southerner’s guide to living a good life, military chaplains and the Vietnam War, the … Continued
Chapter & Verse, College Bookshelf, Inside, Issues, Spring 2014
Reflection at the Malecon
Biology graduate student Abel Valdivia’s stunning photograph at the Havana seawall.
Finale, Inside, Issues, Spring 2014
Experience matters
That familiar sea of blue will soon fill Kenan Stadium again, as our latest crop of Carolina graduates takes on the world. This issue of the magazine reminds me about … Continued
Inside, Issues, Letter from the Dean, Spring 2014