Portrait of Ashton holding up zines he made

Radical Research

Carolina student used fellowship to find rare zines in archives across the country

Outside of the Fedex Global Education Center on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.

Honoring Excellence

UNC-Chapel Hill receives top award in recognition of inclusive and comprehensive efforts to internationalize its campus.

Carolina alumnus Will Jung conducts an orchestra.

Bridging Music and Language

A Carolina alumnus applies his experience with Chinese folk music to the UNC World View Fellows Program, providing K-12 and community college educators with global professional development opportunities.

Francisco Laso and his fellow researchers launch a drone on the Galapagos Islands.

Putting Galapagos Farmers on the Map

Combining aerial drone photography and interviews with local farmers, Francisco Laso ’21 (Ph.D.) is mapping farmland on the Galápagos Islands in his native Ecuador.

Diplomatic Discussions

Carolina is expanding its digital learning platforms and educating students about the practice and theory of U.S. diplomacy.

Researcher putting on a hazmat suit.

READDI, not Reactive

Thanks to the power of convergent science at Carolina, we'll be better prepared for the next pandemic.

A closeup portrait of Carolina student Elijah Watson with the Old Well in the background.

‘I Can’t Believe I Got To Go’

A Carolina undergraduate interested in medical anthropology received a research travel grant to conduct a comprehensive study of residential water quality and health in the Galapagos.

Five Carolina Law students, accompanied by Dean Martin Brinkley and Professor Lissa Broome at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.

Gaining Mutual Understanding

A new program in the UNC School of Law promotes and facilitates cooperation and collaboration among law students at Carolina and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany.

A line of university students hike across a ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

All over the GLOBE

The Global Learning Opportunities in Business Education (GLOBE) international exchange program provides a unique and enriching experience for select undergraduate business students.

A computer showing students attending class via Zoom

Study Abroad Goes Virtual

In the midst of the pandemic, a group of students in the College of Arts & Sciences are experiencing study abroad virtually with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.

From the Frontlines

Wesley Burks, M.D., dean of UNC School of Medicine, vice chancellor for medical affairs and CEO of UNC Health, shares how students, faculty and researchers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Anusha Chari poses against a railing in the Fedex Global Education Center.

India Rising

An international economist is the director of the Modern Indian Studies program, which advances knowledge and understanding of India’s emergence as an economic powerhouse.

Drawn To Service

“I felt like I needed to go somewhere new so I could be challenged and grow.”

Uniquely Carolina

"Carolina is, at its core, an institution grounded in the principles of convergent science."

The Art of Believing

Katie Ziglar ’79 has always chased what lay beyond life’s boundaries. She hopes to redefine them for the Ackland.

Having A Ball

As a gift to the Town of Chapel Hill, the Ackland hosted the world-renowned RedBall Project.

A Global Mission

"I am a strong believer that a great university needs to have outstanding global capabilities and a mission to prepare its students to compete in the global world we all live in."

Blue Sky Scholars

“We want to recruit more of these promising, middle-income students and set them up to succeed while at Carolina and well beyond graduation."

Collaborating To Benefit The Greater Good

For more than 40 years — half of those at Carolina — Greg Forest, the Grant Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, has generously shared his mathematical expertise with those around him.

Santiago Gangotena

A decade after earning his doctorate from Carolina, Gangotena founded the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

Driving Powerful Change

"A philosophical shift, which places primacy on the joining of the arts, scholarship, and community..."

Joan Gillings

"I acquired a love of theater while attending plays on Broadway and in London’s West End..."

Art Changes Everything

"No student had ever been so close to such powerful and old works before; to see their excitement and scholarship is priceless.”

The freedom to figure it out

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship gives students the opportunity to explore how their talents and interests can make the world a better place.

Forging a path through service

Andre Ceccotti ’18 had never heard of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when a high school teacher encouraged him to apply for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship. But after witnessing the humility and drive of other Morehead-Cain hopefuls during a campus visit, Andre was sold on Carolina.

Collaborative creation

“We end up with artists working alongside engineers working alongside political scientists…”