Issue: Fall 2019
Celebrating Carolina Firsts: National honors for first-gen efforts
Stories
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A bounty of good poems
Co-edited by a creative writing professor and an undergraduate student, a chapbook celebrates 25 years of Southern Cultures quarterly.
Driving change at Uber
Monica Parham ’90 leads diversity and inclusion efforts at the multinational technology company based in San Francisco.
Secret science
UNC alumna was among “The Girls of Atomic City” who worked on the development of the first atomic bomb.
Master of adaptation
Ronit Freeman’s research crosses interdisciplinary boundaries and has potential applications in diagnostics, drug delivery and more.
Affordable housing may be a click away
UNC scholars will develop an app to help low-income families find affordable homes in better neighborhoods.
Non-binary code
A Chancellor’s Science Scholar is helping to diversify the computer industry by building a visible community of LGBTQ professionals in the coding world.
Text and textile
A Ph.D. student’s innovative dissertation weaves together scholarship, fabric and storytelling in an immersive art installation.
Oral History Fieldwork: #Throwback Photo
Students conduct interviews as part of the folklore curriculum in 1975.
Two major awards for computer science faculty
Computer scientists Ron Alterovitz and Mohit Bansal have won prestigious awards for their research.
New UNC research center to address 21st-century digital media questions
With $5 million in support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Carolina will establish the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life.
Physician-entrepreneur to lead convergent science efforts
Caleb Kimball King (B.A. chemistry ’82), a physician and global entrepreneur, has been named executive director of convergent science.
PlayMakers’ Benesch is Broadway bound
Vivienne Benesch, producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, will make her Broadway directorial debut next spring.
Lifelong love of theater leads alumna to support PlayMakers’ artistic director
Joanne Garrett and her husband, Peter, have created an endowment to fund PlayMakers' producing artistic director position.
Seed funding will bolster innovative research projects in psychology
Fund will support research in addiction, stress, and mental and behavioral disorders.