Eleven students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2020-2021 academic year. The UNC-Chapel Hill recipients are among more than 2,100 U.S. … Continued

The Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages (GSLL) and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies (CSEEES) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded a $1.2 million grant to jointly launch an Undergraduate … Continued

For Christopher Westgard –– a doctoral candidate in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health –– his diverse academic background is rooted in a long-held interest in the health and wellbeing of … Continued

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks second in the United States in the 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measure sustainability among institutions of higher education. The 2020 rankings, released April 22, placed Carolina at 22nd … Continued

Health officials worldwide are monitoring a respiratory illness outbreak caused by a new coronavirus, named COVID-19. UNC-Chapel Hill continues to monitor global circumstances. The UNC Coronovirus Resources page provides the University’s current information about COVID-10, including campus resources, travel restrictions … Continued

A message from Vice Provost for Global Affairs Barbara Stephenson

Global and area studies centers provide the UNC-Chapel Hill community with essential services and resources for instruction, learning and research related to global issues, world regions and modern foreign languages.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill tied for 14th among research universities with the most students granted Fulbright awards for 2019-2020. UNC-Chapel Hill had 16 student recipients for the year. Universities ranked ahead of Carolina include Georgetown, Brown … Continued

Four students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2019 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows Program. Carolina consistently ranks among the top producers of Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellows. UNC-Chapel Hill was awarded more than … Continued

The winners of the 20th annual Carolina Global Photography Competition have been selected, and their work will be on display at the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from January 8 through July … Continued