The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced an additional 15 Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Curriculum Development Awards for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). As part of … Read more

Women have long been underrepresented in key sectors of the United States federal government, particularly in positions of national security leadership, and this is especially true for women of color. In Spring 2021, the area studies centers at the University of North Carolina at … Read more

On April 20, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted Ambassador John Tefft, U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2014-2017, for an expert talk on the current state of affairs in Russia and prospects for U.S.-Russia relations … Read more

The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with Carolina’s Modern Indian Studies initiative, hosted the panel discussion “U.S.-India Relations Under the Biden Administration” on April 7, … Read more

Christian Lentz, associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was recently awarded the Harry J. Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) for his first book, “Contested Territory: Ðien Biên Phu and … Read more

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s area studies centers and the UNC Curriculum in Global Studies hosted Global Career Night virtually on February 24. The annual panel event features Carolina alumni in globally focused careers sharing their professional … Read more

The Carolina Asia Center hosted a virtual panel in late February to discuss recent events in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where the military took power in a coup and arrested civilian leaders, including political leader Aung San Suu Kyi.   … Read more

The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with Carolina’s Modern Indian Studies Initiative, will host the panel discussion “U.S.-India Relations Under the Biden Administration” via livestream at … Read more

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks 26th for the number of international scholars it hosts in the Institute for International Education’s (IIE) 2020 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange report, which reflects international scholars hosted in 2019-20.   The Open … Read more

Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are studying Vietnamese language classes virtually through a pilot program initiated by the Carolina Asia Center and the UNC Study Abroad Office. The courses, which can be taken for UNC-Chapel … Read more