Issue: Spring 2019
Change Agents: Tar Heels navigate a better tomorrow
Stories
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Faculty duo’s bequest will benefit graduate students in political science
UNC political scientists Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks may be leading experts on European politics, but their greatest legacy will likely be their extensive collaborative work with graduate students.
#Throwback, spring 2019: Military March
This 1942 photo, taken by famed photographer Hugh Morton, shows U.S. Naval Aviation Pre-Flight School instructors participating in a drill.
A View of Two Glaciers
UNC junior Carly Onnink was inspired to write this poem after participating in fieldwork last summer through the Juneau Icefield Research Program.
A magical life
For 27 years, Carolina alumni Mary Pope Osborne and Will Osborne have taken children on journeys across time and space through The New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House chapter book series.
Carving out a niche
Cynthia Sturton has found her place researching computer hardware security. Now she’s helping the next generation of computer scientists find theirs.
Think, speak, argue
Christian Lundberg teaches students the valuable skills of how to think critically, communicate effectively and negotiate conflict.
Helping communities
Elizabeth Frankenberg is applying lessons from her research on disaster recovery in Indonesia to hurricane-affected communities in the Tar Heel State.
A life of service
Carolina senior and decorated military veteran Zac Rhyner urges students to step outside their comfort zones in pursuit of their dreams.
The champion
Travis Tygart ’93 is the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and on Sports Illustrated’s list of the 50 “Most Powerful People in Sports.”
Lost and found on the Silk Road
On a bicycle journey across the “world’s oldest superhighway,” writer-wanderer Kate Harris sought out ancient routes and a world not yet paved over.
Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
In this online magazine extra, author and alumna Kate Harris talks with us about her new travel memoir, "Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road."
Carolina Quoted, spring 2019
When national and international media need experts to comment on and analyze news and trends, they turn to College faculty and alumni.
Gift will help Learning and Writing Center improve access, reach more students
Laura and Mike Grace have made a generous commitment to establish the Learning and Writing Center Relocation Fund.
Change at the top
Carolina gets an interim chancellor and the College an interim dean.