University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill senior Samuel Zahn has been awarded a prestigious Schwarzman scholarship, which funds a master’s in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. Zahn is the University’s 11th Schwarzman Scholar since the scholarship began in … Continued

What do a tale about a mermaid, a violent parody of capitalism and a beat-the-odds story of defying gender norms have in common? They represent a sampling of Asia’s highest-grossing films and television shows and content up for study in … Continued

Koji Tomita, Japanese ambassador to the United States, affirmed the importance of the U.S.-Japan alliance and said that the U.S. and Japan should continue to strengthen political dialogues, economic cooperation and people-to-people exchanges in an Oct. 6 virtual discussion about the countries’ alliance. The livestream event was part of … Continued

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held a roundtable discussion about federal funding for global education with U.S. Representative David Price on Monday, Sept. 20, at the FedEx Global Education Center. Price, a former Morehead Scholar and member of UNC-Chapel … Continued

Six doctoral students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were awarded grants under the 2021 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellows Program (DDRA). Carolina consistently ranks among the top producers of Fulbright-Hays DDRA fellows.  UNC-Chapel Hill was awarded $210,398 in … Continued

Koji Tomita, ambassador of Japan to the United States, will discuss U.S.-Japan relations—the strong foundations of the alliance and the promise of future cooperation—in a virtual dialogue hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs (OVPGA) on … Continued

The center, led by Heidi Kim of the department of English and comparative literature, gives students, faculty and staff of Asian descent a place to call their own. When she was growing up, Selina Shi threw away the Chinese tea … Continued