The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received high ratings on multiple lists of schools, degree programs and specialty areas newly ranked by U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” U.S. News ranks business, … Read more

“I don’t want you to go; it’s too dangerous.” Aimee Wall smiled at her nervous 11-year-old daughter. “I promise you it’s safe,” she says. “Liberia has been free of Ebola for months. You have nothing to worry about.” An hour later, … Read more

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that up to 90 percent of predatory fish are gone from Caribbean coral reefs, straining the ocean ecosystem and coastal economy. The good news? They identified reefs, known … Read more

A new report by Charles Kurzman, a sociology professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, documents a 40 percent drop in the number of Muslim-Americans associated with violent extremism in … Read more

Artist After Hours, a series from Carolina Arts and Sciences Magazine, features interviews with faculty, staff and students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who pursue artistic avocations in areas not directly … Read more

The Phillips Ambassadors program is celebrating 10 years of supporting students’ study abroad experiences in Asia by awarding five $10,000 awards to Phillips Ambassadors alumni to support their further engagement with Asia. The Phillips Ambassadors is a program in the Carolina Asia … Read more

Artists After Hours, a series from Carolina Arts and Sciences Magazine, features interviews with faculty, staff and students in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who pursue artistic avocations in areas not directly … Read more

Three College of Arts and Sciences faculty members will team-teach a new course this spring that will explore issues of race, gender, sexuality and inclusion, highlighting topics such as racial profiling, gender discrimination, identity formation, social and environmental justice — and how these things intersect.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mathematics professor Idris Assani is traveling to western Africa a part of a World Bank initiative to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research. Assani, who has worked with the World Bank’s African initiatives since 2013, … Read more

University 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, … Read more