Issue: Spring 2021
Science Without Silos: Collaboration begets innovation. Also inside: Studying oceans apart; An entrepreneurial mindset; Next acts.
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#Throwback: Wolfe’s wing alights anew
The Thomas Wolfe memorial was relocated to near New East in 1972. Thirty-four years later, it was placed in a memorial courtyard near Greenlaw Hall.
Lecture draws parallels between post-Reconstruction and today
Henry Louis Gates Jr. was the spring 2021 Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor.
Three College professors named AAAS fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has tapped three College faculty members as fellows.
A champion for athletes
Jim Tanner is certified as an agent by the NBA and has represented multiple former Tar Heels as clients.
$38.2 million NIH grants will support study of adolescent-to-adult health
The Carolina Population Center has received two grants that together will fund a new wave of Add Health.
Carolina students reflect on a year of COVID-19
After a year of remote learning and being away from friends and the campus they call home, #UNC students reflect on their experiences.
“My Trip to Japan” by Michael Sparks
Michael Sparks’ film catalogs his journey through Japan from Tokyo, Sapporo, and Osaka to the top of Mount Fuji.
Carolina alumni named Rhodes Scholars
Peter Andringa and Sarah Mackenzie are Carolina’s 50th and 51st Rhodes Scholars.
Building resilience for storm-battered N.C.
The record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season included 30 storms, and while North Carolina managed to dodge the 12 hurricanes that made landfall, that won’t always be the case in the future. A team of interdisciplinary researchers at UNC is combining their expertise in areas like human health, ecology, and urban planning to create a long-term holistic plan helping vulnerable communities prepare for the next generation of extreme weather events.
Depression and anxiety among students worsen during pandemic
First-year college students are reporting symptoms of depression and anxiety significantly more often than they were before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a UNC study.
Course exposes students to global research pathways
Carmen Huerta-Bapat is helping students get involved in research on campus with the new course “Contemporary World Problems.”
UNC researchers launch resource for pandemic recovery
The Carolina Tracker project is a website offering day-to-day information on how North Carolinians’ lives have changed since the onset of the pandemic.
Lights on the Hill spotlights employees who go above and beyond for others
Lights on the Hill, a new monthly website feature highlighting College people who are putting service at the forefront, was launched in January.
New gift from the Craver family to name the College of Arts & Sciences deanship
Vicki ’92 and David Craver ’92 have made a transformative commitment to establish the Craver Family Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences.