Former refugee turns to higher education Ph.D. student Samuel Garang Akau fled his home in South Sudan as an eight-year-old boy during the Second Sudanese Civil War; now, he’s pursuing a Ph.D. in public policy. Many of his family members, including his parents … Read more

Sampreeti Bhattacharya is an international Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry. She came to UNC-Chapel Hill from India, where she completed her undergraduate studies. As a graduate student with global impact, we asked Bhattacharya about her take on International Education Week, a joint … Read more

The International Virtual Academic Collaboration (IVAC), an initiative of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), has awarded a one-year, €50,000 grant (nearly $60,000) to support graduate students in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at the Universität Hamburg as part of a global learning pilot … Read more

Two incoming doctoral students share a love for South America and for the intricate ecosystems and wildlife that support it. Isabel Silva Romero and Diego Urquía are joining the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as international students thanks to a … Read more

For the month of June, doctoral students from around the world came together for the fifth annual Royster Global conference, designed to increase an understanding of graduate education and foster connections internationally. The interdisciplinary conference is sponsored by the Royster Society of Fellows and is an initiative … Read more