Category: Tar Heels Up Close
Tar Heels Up Close
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Affordable housing may be a click away
UNC scholars will develop an app to help low-income families find affordable homes in better neighborhoods.
Master of adaptation
Ronit Freeman’s research crosses interdisciplinary boundaries and has potential applications in diagnostics, drug delivery and more.
Secret science
UNC alumna was among “The Girls of Atomic City” who worked on the development of the first atomic bomb.
Driving change at Uber
Monica Parham ’90 leads diversity and inclusion efforts at the multinational technology company based in San Francisco.
Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
In this online magazine extra, author and alumna Kate Harris talks with us about her new travel memoir, "Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road."
Lost and found on the Silk Road
On a bicycle journey across the “world’s oldest superhighway,” writer-wanderer Kate Harris sought out ancient routes and a world not yet paved over.
The champion
Travis Tygart ’93 is the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and on Sports Illustrated’s list of the 50 “Most Powerful People in Sports.”
A life of service
Carolina senior and decorated military veteran Zac Rhyner urges students to step outside their comfort zones in pursuit of their dreams.
Helping communities
Elizabeth Frankenberg is applying lessons from her research on disaster recovery in Indonesia to hurricane-affected communities in the Tar Heel State.
Think, speak, argue
Christian Lundberg teaches students the valuable skills of how to think critically, communicate effectively and negotiate conflict.
Carving out a niche
Cynthia Sturton has found her place researching computer hardware security. Now she’s helping the next generation of computer scientists find theirs.
A magical life
For 27 years, Carolina alumni Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne have taken children on journeys across time and space through The New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House chapter book series.
Master storyteller
Creative writing professor Randall Kenan, recently inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, is proud to be part of the "writingest state."
Plotting a watery map of the world
An early appreciation of rivers and lakes in his childhood home in Alaska fuels geologist Tamlin Pavelsky’s passion to understand water storage in lakes around the globe.