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UNC-Chapel Hill Hosts Africa Week, November 4-18
October 31, 2019The African Studies Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host Africa Week from Nov. 4 -18, 2019. Spread across two weeks, programming will include an art exhibition, film screenings, musical performances, lectures and a panel discussion. Activities are meant to inform and educate the Carolina community about the world region. All events are free and open to the public. “Africa Week is an extension of our center’s mission to provide the University and the people of North Carolina with a space for interdisciplinary inquiry and communication on Africa. We are pleased to be able to … Read more
Hai-Ryung Sung
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Justin Myers
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Maya Weinberg
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Sustainable Access to Clean Water Creativity Hub Developing Water Purification Tool
October 31, 2019Professor Theo Dingemans and the Sustainable Access to Clean Water Creativity Hub are changing the way water is made safe for populations around the world. More than 660 million people worldwide lack access to an improved source of water. With the limited availability of fresh water on the planet, transforming salt water into drinking water is more important than ever. Dingemans, principal investigator for the Sustainable Access to Clean Water Creativity Hub and professor of applied physical sciences, along with a team of faculty and researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Texas … Read more
Core Ensemble Performs ‘Tres Vidas’ Honoring Influential Latin American Women
October 29, 2019Core Ensemble will perform “Tres Vidas” on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the James and Susan Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Carolina Undergraduates Study Climate Change in Ecuador
October 28, 2019For thousands of years, the northern Andes Mountains have acted as a carbon sink, preserving organic matter as thick soil. As the planet warms, what will happen to all that carbon? This past summer, Carolina undergraduates traveled to Ecuador to take a closer look. Moss-covered molehills pepper the landscape, each a different shade of autumn. Some are mustard yellow, others evergreen. Upon closer inspection, petite red buds peep through the growth while spindly, finger-like plants called lycophytes grow long and tall on the mounds’ surface. It’s as if a coral reef was scooped up from the ocean, lifted 14,000 feet … Read more
NIH Awards Grant to Painschab to Improve Multicentric Castleman Disease Treatment in Malawi
October 24, 2019The National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center has awarded Dr. Matthew Painschab a five-year International Research Scientist Development Award to lead research into improving treatment for multicentric Castleman disease in Malawi. Working through the University of North Carolina Project-Malawi, a collaboration between UNC-Chapel Hill and the Malawi Ministry of Health, Painschab will lead a phase II clinical study for people in Malawi with multicentric Castleman disease (MCD). This disease is more prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa because of a higher prevalence of infections with two viruses that can cause it to develop–Kaposi sarcoma herpes virus and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). “We … Read more
Bringing the World to North Carolina Classrooms
October 23, 2019After a 10-day trip to the Dominican Republic in 2017, elementary school principal Chasity Dolan flew home to Concord, North Carolina, with a new vision for her school. Many of her students’ parents spoke only English at home, while several others spoke only Spanish. Dolan wondered if she could help her students become biliterate by having their parents learn from each other. The inspiration came from her classroom visits in the Dominican Republic, where learning a second language is emphasized from an early age. Dolan’s trip and the ensuing ideas she brought back to her school were made possible by … Read more
NC Poet Laureate and Award-Winning Ceramic Artist Celebrate Collaborative Project and 100 Years of ‘The Second Coming’ by Yeats
October 17, 2019North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green and award-winning ceramic artist Judith Ernst spoke about their collaborative art piece, Flowing Beneath the Center, at an opening reception on Oct. 9, 2019, in the Florence and James Peacock Atrium of the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Flowing Beneath the Center is a ceramic piece with words inscribed onto its exterior. The installation was inspired by W.B. Yeats’ iconic poem “The Second Coming,” which marked its 100th anniversary this year. It will be on display through July 2020. The reception and installation were coordinated … Read more