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Jeff Ayers overcame big challenges to earn his doctorate
Battling through cancer, the doctoral candidate in mathematics had to play catch-up to earn his degree on time. A Summer Research Fellowship gave him the boost he needed.
Ex Machina’s Interdisciplinary Triumph: Bridging Technology and the Humanities
When Clara Yang first submitted her project for the UNC music department’s biennial Festival on the Hill, she didn’t anticipate Ex Machina to become as large as it is has become. What began as a series of questions about machines and music has evolved into a groundbreaking multimedia performance.
32 Carolina faculty named ‘highly cited researchers’
Clarivate’s 2024 international list of trailblazers among peers includes scholars from across the University, including the College of Arts and Sciences.
Filling a major gap in oral history
The Southern Mix project began in 2017 after a group of UNC-Chapel Hill students saw a need for the University archives to reflect stories of Asian and Asian Americans in North Carolina.
UNC startup redefining mental health treatment with eye-tracking technology
The heart of the project is its potential clinical impact — empowering clinicians and patients with tools to understand mental health in ways previously unimaginable.
Stuart E. Eizenstat ’64 returns to Carolina to articulate the “art of diplomacy”
During a recent Diplomatic Discussion at UNC-Chapel Hill, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Stuart Eizenstat ’64 shared insights from his recent book, “The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World.”
In the Media
Grad student discovers planet orbiting around nearby star, astronomers say
Madyson Barber, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was researching young transiting systems in space when she made a remarkable discovery. The Carolina astronomer discovered a “baby” planet that is 3 million years old and roughly the size of Jupiter.
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Events
“The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones”
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents its seasonal offering, “The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones,” Nov. 26-Dec. 15. Embark on a whimsical journey with Dizzie Jollyworth, one of Santa’s frontline elves. Audience members will find him struggling to find purpose in his North Pole life when he’s dispatched to North Carolina on a special mission — to reignite Christmas magic for a grief-stricken toymaker.
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academic departments and curricula,
118 undergraduate programs of study
graduate programs ranked in the top 30
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in research funding
of all undergraduate hours at Carolina are taught by College faculty