Category: Tar Heels Up Close
Tar Heels Up Close
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Constructive campus conversations
In her work, political scientist Sarah Treul Roberts is teaching students to engage with one another across their differences.
Music mosaic
Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber has played with some of the greats. At Carolina, he’s sharing his passion for jazz and other musical genres with students.
Leading Blue Heaven
Wing Commander Rachel McCarthy is the highest-ranking cadet in DET 590, aka Blue Heaven, but the senior’s path to ROTC wasn’t a traditional one.
Surveyor and storyteller
Anna Atencio was a member of the first Chancellor’s Science Scholars cohort. Now she helps tell the unseen story below the seafloor as a geophysicist on the coast of North Carolina.
Serial entrepreneur
Gina Bartasi ’91 is the founder of five companies; her latest venture focuses on streamlining fertility benefits to improve the patient experience.
Creating community in the classroom
Ariana Vigil teaches and conducts research in Latina/o literature, militarization, and gender and sexuality.
Creative cartography
Geographer Javier Arce-Nazario uses innovative mapping technologies to help communities in the Galapagos Islands, Puerto Rico and beyond.
Building community resilience to climate change
Miyuki Hino is helping residents and civic officials find creative ways to deal with the impact of flooding and rising sea levels.
‘I have to find their voice, I have to find their stories’
Historian Brandi Brimmer explores the social networks that helped enslaved people survive.
A mindset of service
Former “Lost Boy of Sudan” is pursuing a doctorate in public policy to help advance peace and community in his home country.
‘Take risks and dream big’
Forbes recently tapped rising star computer scientist Bashima Islam for its “30 under 30” list in science.
‘Chief Rule Breaker’
David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool, says his English degree helped him in creating financial advice that is accessible to people of all backgrounds and experience levels.
When creative arts and political science collide
One high school civics class changed everything for senior Jade Neptune, who created a nonprofit to support students’ extracurricular interests.
Adding nuance to incomplete narratives
Can pinpointing the right narrative for a documentary lead to addressing the achievement gap in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School System?