The Center for Slavic, Eastern European & Eurasian Studies (CSEEES) at UNC-Chapel Hill has been designated as a National Resource Center (NRC) for language and area studies by the U.S. Department of Education’s International and Foreign Language Education office. With … Read more
Nine Tar Heels have received scholarships and fellowships from the federal Boren Awards, breaking UNC-Chapel Hill’s previous record of five finalists in 2003. Carolina is now positioned as a 2023 top-performing institution for combined total Boren Awards and for Boren … Read more
Twenty-one UNC-Chapel Hill students received the U.S. Department of State’s Gilman International Scholarship for study abroad this summer and fall. The number of awardees is a new record for Carolina, three times higher than the usual count of recipients in an … Read more
Twenty-three students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as finalists for the 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Student Program award. The number of awardees meets the 2019 record for most recipients in UNC-Chapel Hill … Read more
For the final event in Carolina’s second annual Diplomacy Week, the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs partnered with Carolina Performing Arts to screen the documentary film “Beethoven in Beijing” followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer … Read more
Barbara Stephenson, UNC-Chapel Hill’s vice provost for global affairs and chief global officer, joined current and former world leaders in Belfast, Northern Ireland April 17-19 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. A former U.S. ambassador, Stephenson … Read more
During UNC-Chapel Hill’s second-annual Diplomacy Week April 17-21, students learned about cultural diplomacy, including its role in U.S.-China relations, and the role of diplomacy in solving global challenges such as climate change. They also explored careers in international affairs and … Read more
Three UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members received the 2023 Faculty Awards for Global Excellence in a ceremony at the FedEx Global Education Center on May 2. The annual awards, administered by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA), … Read more
It’s time to start making decisions that create a form of capitalism that benefits everyone. That’s according to Rana Foroohar, Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst, who called for economic localization during a keynote held March 9 as part of … Read more
Research administrators and faculty from four Japanese universities visited UNC-Chapel Hill last month to learn how Carolina teaches and supports entrepreneurship and innovation. The March 9-10 program engaged more than 150 students, 35 faculty and staff, and eight local government … Read more
