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Freeman wins support to capture and disable coronavirus spikes
Associate professor Ronit Freeman is working on multiple areas of research related to COVID-19.
Treul, Marinelli to lead Program for Public Discourse
Sarah Treul and Kevin Marinelli have been tapped to lead the UNC Program for Public Discourse.
Asian American Center opens at UNC
Heidi Kim, associate professor in the department of English and comparative literature, will lead the new Asian American Center at Carolina.
Grad certificate preps students to innovate for public good
A new nine-credit-hour program will launch in spring 2021, teaching design thinking skills for solving complex problems across diverse fields of research and practice.
U.S. Department of Energy funds solar energy research
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leads the CHASE partnership, which will work to develop hybrid photoelectrodes for fuel production.
Collins named senior associate dean for development in the College
Anne H. C. Collins has been named senior associate dean for development in the College of Arts & Sciences and executive director of the Arts and Sciences Foundation.
Study abroad goes virtual
This fall, a group of students are experiencing study abroad virtually with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, which began a partnership with Carolina in 2006.
Reactivating the Galapagos economy
The UNC Center for Galapagos Studies and its partners are helping island communities recover from the pandemic’s impact.
Two take on new humanities roles
Seth Kotch has been named director of the Southern Oral History Program. Ashley Melzer has been tapped to lead the College’s Humanities for the Public Good initiative.
Overcoming Zoom fatigue
Eight months into the coronavirus pandemic, “Zoom fatigue” is a growing problem. Now, more than ever, physical and mental health are important.
#Throwback: 30 issues, 15 years
Durana was featured on our first magazine cover in fall 2005, when a Burch Fellowship led him to bicycle across China.
Summer Bridge helped a pediatrician get a solid start at Carolina
Leon Livingston ’91, a pediatrician in Memphis, Tennessee, credits a UNC program called Summer Bridge with helping him jumpstart his academic career.
New initiative will study technology and the adolescent brain
The Winston Family Initiative will put Carolina’s department of psychology and neuroscience at the forefront of brain development and technology research over the next three years.
‘Your only limitation is your own imagination’
Richard Watkins, program coordinator for Chancellor’s Science Scholars (CSS), shares how UNC helped shape his career path and why he invests in the next generation of STEM talent.
Inside This Issue
Southern Futures: Diverse voices for a changing region. Also inside: Carolina Pivots; A Poet's Roots; Pandemic-inspired research and more. View a reader-friendly flipbook.
Letter From the Dean
Virtual greetings from the first-ever virtual issue of Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine.
Give to Carolina
The new Winston Family Initiative in Adolescent Brain Development and Technology, led by professor Mitch Prinstein, will put Carolina’s department of psychology and neuroscience at the forefront of brain development and technology research over the next three years.
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