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Scholars Explore Muslim Identities through Performances, Lectures
October 2, 2016University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scholar Carl W. Ernst will lead an interdisciplinary conference on the diversity of Muslim beliefs. A complementary 11-performance series hosted by Carolina Performing Arts will feature music and dance from four Muslim-majority nations. The yearlong CPA series, “Sacred/Secular: A Sufi Journey,” will feature performances reflecting the diversity of Muslim identity and the inextricable link between local culture and religion. The series includes music and dance from Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan and Senegal alongside artists responding to the values of Sufism and the diverse views of culture and faith in the United States. “We hope these activities will stimulate … Read more
Creativity, Conflict and Social Change in the Congo
October 2, 2016In 2010, Chérie Rivers Ndaliko and her husband, internationally acclaimed Congolese filmmaker and activist Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, traveled to 33 colleges and universities around the US to show their film Jazz Mama, which documents the strength of Congolese women in the face of upheaval and violence. Before showing the film, she asked audience members if they knew anything about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Few, if any, raised their hands. Ndaliko knew she had more work to do. In the face of the conflict raging in Congo in which American consumers are complicit, “there’s no chance the political situation in the Congo … Read more
Poets Take on the Topic of Justice
October 2, 2016A close friend of the three Muslim students slain in Chapel Hill in 2015 will bring a multimedia performance in their honor to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in February. “Shattered Glass,” by North Carolina State University graduate Mohammad Moussa ’12, M.S. ’13, will be part of the UNC Department of Communication’s Process Series’s “Spoken Word/Spoken Justice” festival. Moussa’s piece will be performed on Feb. 10, the anniversary of the death of Deah Barakat; Barakat’s wife, Yusor Mohammad; and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha. “I hope that through this piece the legacy of Deah, Yusor and Razan will … Read more
Kelly Ryoo Among Eight Tar Heels to Win NSF CAREER Grants
September 29, 2016Kihyun “Kelly” Ryoo, assistant professor of learning sciences, is one of eight faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who has won prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grants this year. This is the largest number of NSF CAREER grants ever won at UNC in a single year. Ryoo’s five-year grant of $674,000 will be used to fund a research project in which she will work with eighth-grade science teachers to improve their instruction for English language learners (ELLs) through the use of visualization technologies. The NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program, known as CAREER, is among the … Read more
Kenan-Flagler Professor Studies Brands that Cross Borders
September 29, 2016An American consumer drives his Korean-made Hyundai to a local store to buy chocolate from Swiss manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli. In Guangzhou, an affluent Chinese shopper drives her BMW to Carrefour – the French-owned hypermarket – to buy Coca-Cola. The globalization of the marketplace – accelerated by rapidly falling transportation and communication costs – demonstrates the sway that global brands have with billions of consumers. As the global middle class grows over the next few decades, brand preferences will influence trillions of dollars in purchases. Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp, marketing professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler … Read more
UNC-IntraHealth Fellows Explore Digital Health Services for Sex Workers
September 27, 2016Michael DeFranco, Willa Dong and Kristan Rosenthal, graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, recently have completed training as part of the UNC-IntraHealth Fellows Program. This year marks the seventh year of partnership between the Gillings School and IntraHealth International. Since 2010, the two organizations have collaborated to offer the 10-week program, through which 30 graduate students in public health have acquired hands-on global health experience at an international nongovernmental organization. The 2016 fellows worked side-by-side with IntraHealth experts on projects that address pressing global health concerns including Ebola and … Read more
Gillings Alumna Recognized as an Advocate for Reproductive Health
September 27, 2016Burcu Bozkurt, alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, is one of 40 people under 40 recognized as a strong advocate for sexual and reproductive health rights. The recognition, which comes with a $1,000 award to continue her work in family planning, was announced on Sept. 13 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This year’s 40 winners are part of the Gates Institute’s three-year “120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders” initiative. Another 40 winners … Read more
New Roots Wins Elizabeth B. Mason Project Award from Oral History Association
September 27, 2016New Roots/Nuevas Raíces: Voices from Carolina del Norte has received the 2016 Elizabeth B. Mason Project Award in the major projects category from the Oral History Association (OHA), an organization committed to the development of oral history. The award, which recognizes outstanding oral history projects, will be presented to New Roots at the Oral History Association’s annual meeting in Long Beach, California, on Oct. 13. Winners receive an award plaque and one-year memberships in the OHA. New Roots is a research initiative of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that documents the migration, settlement and integration of Latino communities … Read more
‘Migration Narratives’ Exhibition Explores the Experiences of Migrants Around the Globe
September 26, 2016Migration Narratives, a new exhibition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s FedEx Global Education Center, highlights the local impacts of global migration through projects undertaken by recent alumni, graduate and undergraduate students at the University. Migration Narratives considers both the common threads that connect migrants around the globe and the uniqueness of each person’s narrative through multimedia interviews, oral histories, photographs and textiles. The exhibition explores the personal circumstances and historical, economic, social and political changes that inform individuals’ decisions to migrate, as well as the influence of the traditions and experiences they carry with them and … Read more
Carolina Ranks 56th in 2016-17 ‘Times Higher Education’ World University Rankings
September 26, 2016The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks 56th among the world’s top 980 research universities, according to the London-based Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The 2016-2017 rankings, released Sept. 21, are based on 13 separate performance indicators designed to capture the full range of university activities. Those indicators cover teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook. Last year, the University ranked 63rd in the world and 29th in the United States. Among U.S. research universities, UNC-Chapel Hill placed 29th overall and 13th among public campuses. The University of Oxford tops the magazine’s list, followed by the … Read more