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 … Read more

The UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University area studies centers connected with North Carolina educators in kitchens across the state in three virtual Cultural Kitchen sessions that explored dishes from Latin America, Southeast Asia and North Africa. The series served as … Read more

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 … Read more

People living with HIV experience depression and anxiety at high rates, which can contribute to gaps in antiretroviral therapy (ART) that ultimately lead to poorer health. Hazardous use of alcohol can make people with HIV more vulnerable to mental health … Read more

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 … Read more

Christian Lentz, associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was recently awarded the Harry J. Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) for his first book, “Contested Territory: Ðien Biên Phu and … 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 Carolina Asia Center hosted a virtual panel in late February to discuss recent events in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where the military took power in a coup and arrested civilian leaders, including political leader Aung San Suu Kyi.   … Read more