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Bringing the World’s Best to Carolina
August 23, 2021Traveling thousands of miles to study or work at Carolina sometimes isn’t the hardest part of an international student or scholar’s journey to Chapel Hill. For some, the hardest part is navigating the complexities of the U.S. immigration system. Fortunately, the immigration experts in the University’s International Student and Scholar Services are fully equipped to help those individuals and Carolina’s departments with the process. In pre-pandemic years, the number of Carolina students, faculty and academic staff (postdoctoral fellows and research scholars) from other countries remained steady. Most were in the United States with nonimmigrant status to study, teach or conduct research. In … Read more
Carolina to Host 2021 AAD Sisco Memorial Forum: ‘Preserving Life: Climate Change, Water and Diplomacy’
August 3, 2021The American Academy of Diplomacy (AAD), 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 in person in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium on Carolina’s campus at 6 p.m. EDT on Sept. 9, 2021. The event will also be livestreamed via Zoom. The forum, “Preserving Life: Climate Change, Water, and Diplomacy,” will examine large-scale diplomatic approaches to climate and water issues. The evening will feature a keynote by Ambassador Catherine Novelli, senior advisor at Shearwater Global and president of Listening for America. Novelli’s former leadership roles include under secretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment; assistant U.S. trade representative; and vice president for worldwide government affairs at Apple. Ambassador Ronald Neumann, president … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill Renews Memorandum of Understanding with Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany
July 8, 2021Thirteen representatives from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany met virtually to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the universities and to affirm their commitment to continuing the strategic partnership. On June 24, 2021, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and Tübingen President Bernd Engler signed the MOU along with UNC-Chapel Hill Vice Provost for Global Affairs Barbara Stephenson and Tübingen Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity Monique Scheer. Tübingen, one of Europe’s oldest universities, boasts a large international student population and has been recognized by the German Federal Ministry … Read more
Analyzing Ancient Animal Remains
June 11, 2021From around the 14th century B.C., the steady buzz of everyday urban life reverberated within the city walls of ancient Hattusa, the Bronze Age capital of the Hittite Empire in modern-day Turkey. Craftspeople fashioned clothing and jewelry for elites, cattle moved goods through narrow streets, and worshippers visited temples for religious ceremonies. Though not exactly like the hustle and bustle of modern-day cities, the flow of industry and commerce would be recognizable to residents of today’s world. So, too, would many of the challenges that come with city life. “Urbanism has been around for 5,000 years, and people have been … Read more
Using Neuroscience to Help Others
May 10, 2021Former US Ambassador John Tefft Virtually Visits UNC-Chapel Hill to Discuss Future of US-Russia Relations
May 3, 2021On 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 under the Biden administration. After the public talk, Tefft joined students for a follow-up discussion on his remarks as well as his esteemed career in diplomacy. Ambassador Deborah McCarthy, senior fellow at Harvard University and member of the board of directors at the American Academy of Diplomacy, and Ambassador Barbara Stephenson, vice provost for global affairs at UNC-Chapel Hill, provided … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill Hosts Panel Discussion on US-India Relations with Current, Former Ambassadors
April 26, 2021The 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, 2021. This event was part of a new series hosted by the OVPGA called Diplomatic Discussions, in which diplomats and international relations practitioners come to UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss important issues in diplomacy and international affairs. The panel consisted of Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India’s ambassador to the U.S., and Ambassador Richard Verma, former U.S. ambassador to India. Barbara Stephenson, … Read more
Global and Growing
February 8, 2021As outlined in Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good, the University builds on its strong international partnerships and an array of programs to guarantee access to a global education for all students. Despite a pandemic that has severely disrupted international travel, Carolina has enabled students to continue intentional and transformative global learning through new programs with partners all over the world. Preserving and strengthening Carolina’s ability to work with partners around the world to educate students and to address the most pressing challenges of our time are primary aims of the University’s strategic plan Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good, which … Read more
A Relationship More Than a Century in the Making: Carolina Connections with Japan
December 22, 2020The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is deepening its connections with Japan and building on relationships more than a century in the making. Carolina’s first international student is believed to be Shinzaburo Mogi from Tokyo, who attended the University for the 1893-1894 academic year. Five decades later in 1951, the University sent books to the Hiroshima University library after the atomic bombing that led to the end of World War II. Ever since, UNC-Chapel Hill has been making Japan an important partner through research, education and cultural exchanges. Asia is a key area of focus in UNC-Chapel Hill’s … Read more
Innovative Faculty Enrich Learning Through Global Collaboration
November 20, 2020Whether the subject is music, medical anthropology or the business of health care, UNC COIL courses connect students with the world. Michael Kris misses live music. That’s natural, given that he is a professional musician, a teaching professor of music at Carolina and a music ensemble coach. A world traveler, Kris has played and taught music across the globe, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought playing and traveling to a halt. An invitation to apply for a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) award gave Kris a chance to create something new as the pandemic stretched into another semester. Kris and other faculty received curriculum development … Read more