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
Grace Yook (MBA/PharmD ’21) is a trailblazer. In 2021, she was the first Asian woman and the first woman of color to graduate from UNC Kenan-Flagler’s dual-degree program with the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and she’s used her experience on the combined … Continued
Service holds a significant place in rising senior Alyssa Cooper’s life. “It’s what makes me happy, knowing that I’m able to make an impact,” she says. “Even a small impact on someone’s life is very fulfilling for me.” After her … Continued
In many low- and lower middle-income countries, great natural wealth contrasts with a desire for economic development. Noah Kittner, is an assistant professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, where he examines … Continued
Fourteen undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors for Summer, Fall, and Academic Year 2021 study abroad programs in Asia. Undergraduate scholarship recipients will study in Hong Kong, Singapore and South … Continued
Mattias Miller ’21 and Christina Oh ’22 have been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study less commonly taught languages during Summer 2021. The Carolina awardees are among the nearly 700 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who received a CLS award … Continued
