Issue: Spring 2017
Stories
An artist nurtures new voices, from beatmaking to Blackspace
Freelon is the founder of Blackspace, which offers community-based programs to local youth. There’s an emphasis in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) education, with workshops from beat making to computer graphics to radio to puppetry. Blackspace opened its first location in 2014 on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Last summer it expanded to American Underground, a tech hub in Durham.
Celebrating 40 years of jazz at Carolina
Music professor Jim Ketch (left) tells students “once you have an idea of what you want something to sound like, your body has a much easier job in making that sound happen.”
Unintended consequences
UNC political scientists Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks have been married since 1999. They are among the world’s leading experts on Brexit and Europe’s shifting political dynamics.
Beads
An installation by Jim Hirschfield and Sonya Ishii, Beads welcomes visitors to the International Arrivals Hall in Terminal E of George Bush International Airport in Houston.
Expand your library: More books by College faculty and alumni (spring 2017)
Explore a list of books written by College faculty and alumni.
Green Thought
Green Thought is a poem by Alan Shapiro from his new book, Life Pig.
Tar Heel Reader reaches 10 million books read
Tar Heel Reader, an online program that helps students with disabilities learn to read independently, reached 10 million books read in January.
PlayMakers stages Shakespeare for everyone
PlayMakers Repertory Company has always had a long relationship with bringing the works of William Shakespeare to the University and local communities.
UNC in top 25 for study abroad
UNC-Chapel Hill ranks 19th among all U.S. higher education institutions for the number of students earning credit for study abroad, according to the Institute of International Education’s 2016 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.
UNC receives grant to develop videos to counteract extremists
An $867,000 grant to UNC will fund a project to create a series of sophisticated videos and other materials to counteract jihadist propaganda that targets young people.
N.C. facing statewide crisis in affordable rental housing
Many communities in the state are experiencing an affordable housing crisis, which is particularly severe for those who rent, according to a new report published by the Center for Urban and Regional Studies.
Celebrating 10 years of Phillips Ambassadors
The Phillips Ambassadors program is celebrating 10 years of supporting students’ study abroad experiences in Asia.
Less driving linked to decrease in roadway fatalities
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that a significant decrease in automobile travel from 2003-2014 correlated with a decrease in the number of crash deaths.
College funds new team-taught courses
Six new interdisciplinary, team-taught courses will be offered across the College beginning in fall 2017 in disciplines ranging from physics and astronomy to public policy to art.
Reimagining Gen Ed curriculum for 2019
The College of Arts & Sciences is updating its General Education curriculum — the first major overhaul since the “Making Connections” curriculum was put into place in 2006.