When Antonio Wilkins was recognized as the 2014-15 Principal of the Year by the Public Schools of Robeson County, he was awarded a chance to trade, for a few weeks, the sand hills and swamps of Robeson for the islands and highlands of Ecuador. The trip was not a vacation, though — Wilkins was joined by educators from across the state for an immersive study visit organized by World View.
The WiderNet Project’s newest initiative, the eGranary Pocket Library, was ranked No. 5 on Mashable’s list of 26 incredible innovations that improved the world in 2015. Faculty, students and volunteers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are working with colleagues from around the world to develop dozens of chip-sized collections that focus on topics...
At the Carrboro home of David Wohl, Patience Wesseh walks back and forth to the kitchen. Today – like most days – she’s making Fufu, a staple dish of her home of Monrovia, Liberia. Fufu is made with flour made from the cassava plant. It is sticky, the consistency of mashed potatoes. Typically, it is...
Eli Hornstein’s comfort zone extends further than most — spanning not only oceans and continents but also academic disciplines. Hornstein ’14 lived in Eretria at age five, when his family spent a year there as part of his parents’ Fulbright grants. After high school, he took a gap year that sent him all over the...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks 22nd 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 (IIE) 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. This is UNC-Chapel Hill’s first ranking on the Open Doors’ top 25 list,...
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2012 Alumna Aja Kennedy Earns Prestigious Rangel Fellowship 
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