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January 2023
Cooking Class: Polish Pierogi
Would you like to learn how to make authentic pierogi, world-famous Polish dumplings? Join Agnieszka Majewska, visiting professor of Polish, for a hands-on cooking class. Open to UNC students, faculty, and staff. All materials provided. Space is limited and registration is required. Register for the event here.
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Career Event: American College of National Security Leaders
Please join the area studies centers of UNC-Chapel Hill for these career-advising sessions with the American College of National Security Leaders. Leaders from the ACNSL will meet virtually with students in two sessions: Wednesday, February 1, at 2pm Friday, February 3, at 10am We are honored to have leading voices in national security and federal service available to provide their advice and answer student questions. Mentors at this years event are: Gerald Feierstein, an ambassador from the State Department Robert McBrien, from…
Find out more »Career Paths in Intelligence: Meet with CIA Directorate of Operations Staff
What does a career in the CIA really look like? Join UNC Global’s Diplomacy Initiative for a panel discussion with CIA Directorate of Operations (DO) staff to learn about career tracks within the intelligence community and national security. Panelists will share what a day in the life looks like with the DO, followed by a Q&A. The DO is one of five broad disciplines within the CIA. The DO collects human-sourced information, including via clandestine and covert operations, with…
Find out more »Film Screening: Face the Music
Get ready to “face the music” with the UNC Russian Flagship Program. Enjoy a documentary about a new Kazakh pop culture phenomenon: Q-Pop (Qazaq-Pop). Петь свои песни (Eng. Face the Music; Katerina Suvorova, dir.) explores the impact of Q-Pop on Kazakh society and culture. The film will be moderated by Dr. Eren Tasar, History, and light refreshments will be provided. This event is a part of the Russian Flagship Programs’ national blended learning initiative. *Available for CLE credit.
Find out more »ChatGPT in Context
What is ChatGPT? Where did it come from? What does it mean for science, scholarship, and public life? Join this interdisciplinary panel for a discussion of this new technology and its real and imagined impacts on the campus community. Alice Marwick, associate professor in the Department of Communication and principal researcher at the Center for Information, Technology and Public Life Shashank Srivastava, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science Heesoo Jang, Richard Cole fellow at the Hussman School of…
Find out more »Demystifying ESG: Charting a Career in Sustainability
Join the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise to learn about career paths in sustainability and to address the opportunities and risks of an environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) centered approach to financial decision-making. ESG has become a major talking point for a growing number of financial and corporate firms driven by a desire for values-based investing while delivering competitive financial returns. There will be presentations from industry leaders, career advice, and a featured debate with top UNC scholars on…
Find out more »Palm Oil Voices: Making Audible and Tactile Deforested Futures in Indonesia
In cooperation with the Center for Asian Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, the Carolina Asia Center is proud to co-host Palm Oil Voices: Making Audible and Tactile Deforest Futures in Indonesia with Bonnie Etherington Dr. Etherington is Lecturer in Literary & Creative Communication in the School of English, Film, Theatre, Media Studies, and Art History at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
Find out more »Global Career Night
Hear from a panel of phenomenal UNC alumni in globally focused careers! Panelists represent a variety of career options: government, private industry, NGOs, and more. They will share their professional journeys from studying (like you!) at UNC, through the career searches, networking, and life choices that led them to their current roles. In the Q&A, panelists will take your questions on everything from advice on the job hunt to sustainable career growth over the years. Wherever you are in your…
Find out more »Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies
Howard University professor Ana Lucia Araujo will deliver the 2023 Mary Stevens Reckford Memorial Lecture in European Studies on Feb. 23 with a presentation titled “Slavery as History and Memory.” The lecture will examine the recent international developments surrounding the fall of pro-slavery monuments and demands of symbolic and material reparations for slavery and colonialism. By exploring the history of the public debates about slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, the lecture aims to illuminate why and how these debates…
Find out more »Forum on Southeast Europe: Srđa Popović (Executive Director, CANVAS)
Srđa Popović is the co-founder of CANVAS and was a founding member of the Otpor!, a movement that had a crucial part in bringing down Slobodan Milošević’s regime in Serbia. He has a wealth of experience working with activist groups, NGOs and students, teaching nonviolent methods to achieve a positive social change. Srđa’s educational work extends to teaching courses on nonviolent strategy at universities in the U.S. and the U.K, and authoring many publications on the topic of nonviolence including the…
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