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Fill your bookshelf: New books by College faculty and alumni (fall 2019)
Read a story about Carolina alumnus and Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford’s new book, Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World. The … Continued
Fall 2019
Summer conference unites Jane Austen fans, scholars
Jane Austen’s works have inspired films and television shows, sequels and spin-offs, and even tabletop role-playing games. She and her beloved novels have been celebrated annually with the Jane Austen … Continued
Fall 2019
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. I am enormously proud … Continued
Fall 2019
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. The 1986 book is filled with … Continued
Fall 2019
Igniting a global spark in students
“I want to take away any number of fears that may prevent a student — who grew up like me — from studying abroad,” explained Michael-Bryant Hicks ’96. Hicks is … Continued
Fall 2019
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 designed to foster community and understanding. “Reckoning: Race, Memory and … Continued
Fall 2019
Mellon funding supports environmental humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $150,000 two-year grant to pilot a consortium of four research institutions and their public partners to study coasts, climates and the environmental … Continued
Fall 2019
Celebrating Carolina Firsts
Carolina has been recognized nationally for its efforts to support first-generation students, who make up about 20% of the undergraduate student population. Among the lauded programs is a study abroad … Continued
Fall 2019
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 … Continued
Fall 2019
Educating to Empower
Carolina builds a new general education curriculum from the ground up, with a new emphasis on the first year, essential skills and experiential learning. Evolutionary, revolutionary, whatever you call it, … Continued
Fall 2019