The Institute for the Study of the Americas at UNC-Chapel Hill was awarded $1.55 million from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. The funding will support Building Integrated Communities, a planning and leadership initiative of the Latino Migration Project that partners … Read more
A self-described ‘Type A’ high school student in an International Baccalaureate program, Simone McFarlane’s gap year before college was not only a way to take a break from the academic grind, but an opportunity to partner with communities while exploring … Read more
Between May 22-25, 2022, UNC Center for Galapagos Studies researchers Corbin Jones and Alan Jones, alongside Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) colleagues Maria de Lourdes Torres and Hugo Valdebenito, hosted the first of two workshops to teach participants how … Read more
Diego Quiroga, president of Carolina’s long-time strategic partner Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) in Ecuador, recently visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to join Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz and other UNC-Chapel Hill leaders in reaffirming their commitment … Read more
Journalist and professor Patrick Davison led a group of students from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC – Chapel Hill) to visit San Cristobal Island, Galapagos in March 2022 as … Read more
Diego Riveros-Iregui has been awarded a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Ecuador to investigate the coupling of greenhouse gas emissions, hydrologic dynamics, and the ecology of tropical alpine environments of the Northern Andes. The award will allow Riveros-Iregui to … Read more
Ambassador (Ret.) Liliana Ayalde believes that risks, passion, language-learning and diversity are vital attributes to the makings of a strong leader in the world of foreign affairs. Ayalde, former U.S. ambassador to Brazil, spoke about the skills and wisdom she … Read more
When Florence Babb, professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, heard about Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), she jumped at the opportunity to enhance her Introduction to Latin American Studies (LTAM 101) class and ultimately … Read more
For more than 10 years, the UNC Center for Galápagos Studies has been a hub of collaborative research activity spanning many disciplines, with the potential to impact the globe. Diego Riveros-Iregui and Amanda Thompson, the center’s new interim co-directors, strive … Read more
