Raymond Farrow Appointed Associate Provost for Global Affairs

Raymond Farrow, currently senior director for global strategy, has been appointed associate provost for global affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, effective September 24, 2018. In this new role, Farrow will serve as a leader for the University’s global activities and as the executive director and chief operating officer for UNC… Read more »

Center for European Studies and TransAtlantic Masters Program Host Anniversary Celebration

The 2018-2019 academic year marks two important anniversaries for the Center for European Studies (CES) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: its founding 25 years ago to advance understanding of the social, political, and economic events that shape contemporary Europe, and the establishment of its TransAtlantic Masters (TAM) Program 20 years ago. On… Read more »

‘Reminders of Home’: UNC Exhibition Celebrates Persian Arts and Local Iranian Community

Mina Vakil-Zadeh, who has now lived in Chapel Hill for 50 years, has recently assisted in the curation and organization of an exhibition at the FedEx Global Education Center, loaning many of her own cultural items to be displayed and shared with the Carolina community.

Carolina Celebrates 20th Anniversary of TransAtlantic Masters Program

Designed to provide students with an international education firmly rooted in both European and American perspectives, the TransAtlantic Masters (TAM) Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill celebrates its 20-year anniversary in 2018.

Global Heel Rose Jackson Reconnects to Her Persian Heritage at Carolina

Rose Jackson will never forget the moment she heard Farsi spoken for the first time in more than six years. She was a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, taking her first Farsi class in the hopes of reclaiming a part of her Iranian identity that she had lost.  “I felt… Read more »

Five Area Studies Centers at UNC Awarded $8.6 Million and Designated as National Resource Centers

Five area studies centers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded approximately $8.6 million in competitive federal Title VI funding over the next four years. UNC-Chapel Hill has been awarded approximately $4 million for National Resource Centers (NRC) and $4.6 million for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) scholarships.

UNC Awards $978,122 in Study Abroad Support to 212 Students

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has provided $978,122 in scholarships, fellowships and program support to 212 undergraduate students pursuing study abroad programs in spring, summer and fall 2018, and year-long programs during the 2018-19 academic year.

16 UNC Students Awarded Fulbrights for Global Research and Teaching

Sixteen students and recent graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. The grants are for self-designed research and study projects or to teach English abroad during the 2017-2018 academic year. The students receive funding for travel, health insurance and a monthly stipend to cover living expenses during… Read more »

Global Heel Jim Thomas Offsets Carbon Emissions from International Travel to Promote Global Health

For Jim Thomas, director of the MEASURE Evaluation Project and associate professor of epidemiology in the Gillings School of Global Public Health, global health and environmental changes are inextricably linked. “For example, because some areas are now warmer than they used to be, there is a wider range of mosquitoes that can transmit infections like… Read more »

Carolina Ranks 30th in 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities

The 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as 30th in the world and 22nd in the U.S. among global universities.