Issue: Spring 2017
Stories
Behind the scenes: The Synergy Unleashed “Flight of Fancy” photo shoot
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at the making of our spring 2017 magazine “Synergy Unleashed” feature package photo shoot, featuring the story “Flight of Fancy.”
BME i4 contest weds innovation, entrepreneurship
A competition offered annually by the biomedical engineering program, a joint department between UNC and NC State, helps students transform those ideas into real-world applications, with advice from experts in business, law and manufacturing.
‘We will sing to the Nazis what we cannot say to them’
Hungry and tired, the 60 Jewish prisoners nevertheless sang — without scores or orchestral accompaniment — one of the most demanding choral works ever written: Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass.
Barbershop Talk
Program provides welcome spaces — haircuts sometimes included — for men of color to navigate UNC.
Creating student scientists: A five-year plan
A five-year, campus-wide learning initiative launched this spring aims to transform UNC’s undergraduate science experience — with more opportunities for hands-on research and collaboration and experiences to help students hone their analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle real-world problems.
Sci-Why
Research is messy, nonlinear and rewarding. New courses let students learn that firsthand.
Keepers of our coast
North Carolina’s barrier islands are dynamic landforms in a state of constant change (watch video). UNC researchers want to better understand what that means for the future of our coast.
High-tech fluids lab attracts waves of research partners
The fluids lab in Chapman Hall is the nexus for collaborative projects in mathematics, anthropology, marine sciences, physics and computer science.
Creating a buzz about health humanities
If you hear the word “lab” and picture test tubes and autoclaves, the Health and Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Venue for Exploration lab will expand your horizons.
‘Spork Lab’ tackles password security
The challenge of creating attack-resistant passwords is a perfect fit for two departments who at first glance might seem to have little in common: linguistics and computer science.
Helping students explore being Maya
Maya from the Margins connects anthropologists and librarians in North Carolina and Mexico to teach students about their Maya identity.
Flight of fancy
An art historian, a costume designer, a math biologist, a biomedical engineer and a team of undergraduate researchers unite to reimagine a breathtaking 9th-century flying experiment —and make a notable contribution to early aviation history.
Synergy Unleashed: Exploring the potential of interdisciplinary mashups
In the College of Arts & Sciences, we believe that the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts, which is why we are removing the barriers that prevent creative collaborations across disciplines.
Yes, and…
The first rule of improv – and a principle that has increasingly been adopted by organizations as a powerful team-building tool – is “yes, and ….” It refers to building upon what has come before and encourages the sharing of ideas, opening the door to true collaboration
A chef and a philosopher
Arthur Gordon, owner of Irregardless Café, is a pioneer in the local food movement.