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Five UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate Students Awarded Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
September 1, 2020Five students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2020 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows Program. Carolina consistently ranks among the top producers of Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellows, and this year was particularly successful as all five UNC-Chapel Hill applicants were awarded this prestigious fellowship. UNC-Chapel Hill was awarded $130,000 in funding for the program by the U.S. Department of Education. These fellowships allow doctoral students to pursue dissertation research abroad in foreign language and area studies for six to 12 months. During their research, fellows deepen their subject knowledge and develop skills … Read more
Carolina to Host 2020 AAD Sisco Memorial Forum: ‘Diplomacy in a World of Transnational Crisis’
August 24, 2020The American Academy of Diplomacy, in collaboration with the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will host its annual Joseph J. Sisco Memorial Forum via live stream at 6 p.m. EDT on Sept. 14, 2020. The forum, “Diplomacy in a World of Transnational Crisis,” will examine large-scale policy and diplomacy implications of transnational issues, such as COVID-19. The event features: A keynote address by Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who served as ambassador under six U.S. presidents in a distinguished diplomatic career spanning five decades. Opening remarks by Ambassador Ronald Neumann, president of the American Academy of Diplomacy and former … Read more
UNC Launches Initiative to Connect Carolina Classrooms with the World
July 30, 2020Twelve faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were granted Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Partnership Awards through a new initiative launched in May, Connecting Carolina Classrooms with the World, from the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs for the 2020-21 academic year. Each award recipient is working with a peer instructor at an international institution to create shared learning experiences for students in both countries (or, in one instance, three countries). Students will work together for at least three weeks, examining course topics from cultural and societal perspectives. For example, Lien Truong, assistant … Read more
University Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to ‘Build Our Community Together’
June 12, 2020Campus leaders announced action and financial support to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion in a campus email Thursday.
11 UNC-Chapel Hill Students Awarded Fulbrights for Global Research and Teaching
May 21, 2020Eleven students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2020-2021 academic year. The UNC-Chapel Hill recipients are among more than 2,100 U.S. citizens who will study, conduct research or teach abroad for the 2020-2021 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Recipients are selected by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as their record of service and leadership potential in their respective fields. Awardees … Read more
Carolina Ranks 2nd in US, 22nd in World in 2020 ‘Times Higher Education’ Impact Rankings
April 22, 2020The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks second in the United States in the 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measure sustainability among institutions of higher education. The 2020 rankings, released April 22, placed Carolina at 22nd overall in the world out of 766 institutions from 85 countries, an improvement from our rank as 24th in the inaugural Impact Rankings in 2019. The Impact Rankings are based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), comprised of 17 goals aimed at creating a sustainable world by 2030. The rankings use evidence provided by universities on their adherence … Read more
Tips from Field Researchers on Life in Isolation, Tough Environments
April 6, 2020Marine science researchers in Carolina’s College of Arts & Sciences have worked in many of the world’s most remote spaces: Antarctica’s McMurdo Dry Valleys, Alaskan glaciers and Arctic icebreaker research vessels. The lessons researchers learned while working in cramped quarters and without the comforts of home may be helpful to people adjusting to life in COVID-19 quarantine. Remember empathy and celebrate your small accomplishments Associate professor Emily Eidam has done a variety of fieldwork as a seagoing oceanographer in remote parts of Vietnam, Alaska and the Arctic, and shared tips on empathy and celebrating victories. Eidam says: “Usually on these trips I’m working … Read more
Carolina Student Impact Fund to Help Students Affected by COVID-19
March 19, 2020The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students facing financial hardships because of the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak can apply for assistance through the Carolina Student Impact Fund. The fund helps students who budgeted carefully for the semester but are now facing unexpected financial challenges, such as the loss of an off-campus job because of layoffs, an unexpected trip home from campus or urgent supplies now that dining halls and residence halls are inaccessible to some students, said Rachelle Feldman, associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid at Carolina. “Carolina is, at its heart, its people, … Read more
The Next Phase of Carolina’s Global Engagement
February 26, 2020A message from Vice Provost for Global Affairs Barbara Stephenson
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