Issue: Fall 2019
Celebrating Carolina Firsts: National honors for first-gen efforts
Stories
Unfettered curiosity
Frank Bruni's wide-ranging career began with a stint at The Daily Tar Heel.
Second Acts
Retired faculty find new creative inspiration and continue to mentor students, write books and conduct research.
Educating to Empower
Carolina builds a new general education curriculum from the ground up.
Climate Game-Changers
For thousands of years, the northern Andes Mountains have acted as a carbon sink, preserving organic matter as thick soil. As the planet warms, what will happen to all that carbon? This past summer, Carolina undergraduates traveled to Ecuador to take a closer look.
Celebrating Carolina Firsts
National honors for first-gen efforts
Mellon funding supports environmental humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a two-year grant to study coasts, climates and the environmental humanities.
New College initiatives tackle difficult topics
Under the leadership of Interim Dean Terry Rhodes, the College of Arts & Sciences launched two new initiatives this fall.
Igniting a global spark in students
Michael-Bryant Hicks '96 created a scholarship that supports first-generation students of color to participate in a University study abroad program.
Places and spaces
An updated version of art professor John Allcott’s seminal The Campus at Chapel Hill: Two Hundred Twenty-Five Years of Architecture was published this fall.
Uniquely Carolina
This issue celebrates the tenacity of our first-generation students — and a few of the uniquely Carolina programs that support them during their time on campus.
‘The power of adaptation’
An annual conference brings together passionate Jane Austen fans, scholars and more to celebrate the author and her works, engaging in academic discussions, author talks and a Regency ball. Read more at https://unc.live/2n1A7Wi.
Summer conference unites Jane Austen fans, scholars
An annual conference brings together Jane Austen fans, scholars and others to celebrate the author and her works, engaging in academic discussions, author talks and a Regency ball.
Borderlands: UNC Cumpston Fellows
Seven Lookout Scholars connect their first generation college student identities with the idea of crossing borders in a global, research experience across Arizona and Mexico. Read more about first generation student experiences at https://unc.live/2OupjLu
Fill your bookshelf: New books by College faculty and alumni (fall 2019)
Need a new book? Check out these great reads by College faculty and alumni.
Climate Game-Changers video
For thousands of years, the northern Andes Mountains have acted as a carbon sink, preserving organic matter as thick soil. As the planet warms, what will happen to all that carbon? This past summer, Carolina undergraduates traveled to Ecuador to take a closer look. Video by Alyssa La Faro, Endeavors magazine. Read the full story.