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Three College professors named AAAS fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has tapped three College faculty members as fellows.
Lecture draws parallels between post-Reconstruction and today
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was the spring 2021 Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor.
#Throwback: Wolfe’s wing alights anew
The Thomas Wolfe memorial was relocated to near New East in 1972. Thirty-four years later, it was placed in a memorial courtyard near Greenlaw Hall.
A doctor’s love of ancient medicine leads to gift for classics department
When Maury Hanson died at age 100 last spring, he bequeathed an unrestricted planned gift to the department of classics and to University Libraries.
‘We’re here to champion each student’s individual story’
Chloe Russell (B.A. journalism and mass communication ’07) was named associate dean for academic advising in September.
New gift endows speaker series promoting constructive public discourse
$8 million gift to fund Abbey Speaker Series in the UNC Program for Public Discourse.
Freeman wins support to capture and disable coronavirus spikes
Associate professor Ronit Freeman is working on multiple areas of research related to COVID-19.
Treul, Marinelli to lead Program for Public Discourse
Sarah Treul and Kevin Marinelli have been tapped to lead the UNC Program for Public Discourse.
Asian American Center opens at UNC
Heidi Kim, associate professor in the department of English and comparative literature, will lead the new Asian American Center at Carolina.
Grad certificate preps students to innovate for public good
A new nine-credit-hour program will launch in spring 2021, teaching design thinking skills for solving complex problems across diverse fields of research and practice.
U.S. Department of Energy funds solar energy research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads the CHASE partnership, which will work to develop hybrid photoelectrodes for fuel production.
Collins named senior associate dean for development in the College
Anne H. C. Collins has been named senior associate dean for development in the College of Arts & Sciences and executive director of the Arts and Sciences Foundation.
Study abroad goes virtual
This fall, a group of students are experiencing study abroad virtually with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, which began a partnership with Carolina in 2006.
Reactivating the Galapagos economy
The UNC Center for Galapagos Studies and its partners are helping island communities recover from the pandemic’s impact.