Barbara J. Stephenson, Carolina’s first vice provost for global affairs and a former U.S. ambassador, wholeheartedly believes in the mission of a public university to prepare students to be citizens of the world. After all, a public university is where … Read more

“Welcome to our new space,” said Josmell Perez as he greeted visitors to the Carolina Latinx Center, which officially opened July 1 in Abernethy Hall. Perez led the Carolina Latinx Collaborative for nearly a decade while it incubated within the … Read more

China’s Jiangsu Province gave Carolina researcher Hans Paerl an International Science and Technology Cooperation Award on Aug. 28 for helping the Chinese government develop a nutrient management strategy to counter the proliferation of toxic algal blooms in its lakes. The … Read more

In October 2006, German Anglicist and literary scholar Bernd Engler became president and vice-chancellor of Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany. Engler spent time at Carolina as a research fellow in American studies from 1991 to 1992, and Executive Vice Provost and Chief International Officer Ron Strauss is grateful that Engler never forgot the value of the experiences he had here.

About 45 art, art history and classics students, hairstylists, costume designers and a few curious staff and community members crowded into the Ackland Art Museum’s ancient art gallery on a recent Friday afternoon, eager to learn how to replicate ancient … Read more

Colin Palmer became the first African-American chair of a major department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when he was appointed to lead the history department in 1986, a post he held until 1991. Before that, he … Read more

This Q&A with Jonathan Jensen, assistant professor of sport administration in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, was originally published in the University Gazette for the feature, “Carolina People.” What’s a typical day like in your job? What I … Read more

At a recent interview, San San Lwin brought a folder neatly filled with documents that tell the story of her escape from Myanmar (also known as Burma), her marriage in Thailand and her arrival as a refugee in America. She … Read more

Jessica Tanner, an assistant professor of French at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, doesn’t often get the chance to speak the language she loves so much, at least outside of the classroom. “There aren’t a lot of … Read more

A team of specialists and students led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Jodi Magness has uncovered additional mosaic scenes in the Late Roman synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee. The new finds … Read more