Being and Belonging: Perspectives in North Carolina, an exhibition featuring the work of 13 artists, will open at the FedEx Global Education Center (GEC) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Aug. 18, 2021. The exhibition, organized … Read more
Carolina’s Galapagos Science Center (GSC) recently started accepting a limited number of researchers and students back to its state-of-the-art research facility on San Cristobal, Galapagos. First in line was Greg Lewbart, an adjunct professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public … Read more
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill hosted 25 higher education representatives from El Salvador in a virtual delegation from the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on June 3 addressing the theme, “Higher Education Partnerships and Jobs for the Future.” The participants included officials from the Ministry … Read more
“Barriers,” an interactive media project produced by UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media students, recently earned top honors at the Horizon Interactive Awards. The international competition recognizes the world’s best websites, videos, online advertising, print media and mobile applications. “Barriers,” … Read more
Through community radio and podcasts, Maria Gutierrez strives to preserve her ancestral language and identity — that of an indigenous people from Michoacán, Mexico, called the P’urhépecha. Maria Gutierrez is descended from the P’urhépecha, an indigenous group from a region along … Read more
On March 24 the container ship Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, causing potentially billions in lost trade while hundreds of other cargo ships motored in circles waiting for the canal to reopen. … Read more
The UNC-Duke Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies is halfway through its new Haiti Teacher Fellows Program. This program is a funded, year-long fellowship for high school and community college teachers during the 2020-2021 school year, and it aims to enhance teacher expertise in the history and … Read more
Carolina graduate student Khristopher Nicholas studies food environments and how they shape people’s diets and health. His work led him to the Galápagos to study one of the most complex food environments in the world. How do dollar stores replacing … Read more
About 71 percent of Earth is water. Of that water, 96.5 percent is oceans. So why do most air pollution and emissions studies focus on terrestrial research? An interdisciplinary team of UNC researchers has combined their expertise to determine how … Read more
