University photographer Dan Sears lets you in on life at Carolina with his annual video, The Year in Pictures. Whether celebrating the beginning of another fall semester, studying on Polk Place or turning a Carolina blue tassel, students experienced plenty of special moments in 2011. Celebrate the New Year by looking back at some of…
An HIV prevention research study led by UNC professor Myron S. Cohen, M.D., has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.
Studying Mandarin in Taipei to broaden research on Chinese-language cinema. Writing a full-length book of poetry. Pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature at Harvard University.
From the World Series of Dreidel to inviting school children for hands-on holiday crafts, Carolina celebrates the season with fun, service and reflection.
Army Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho has made history as the first nurse and first woman to become surgeon general of the Army.
Minrose Gwin spent years researching deep into the life of civil rights activist Medgar Evers for an academic project.
Ruben Gonzalez-Crespo once dreamed of becoming an opera singer like his father.
The little Ugandan girl couldn’t wait until the lesson was finished to give her teacher, Jeffrey Veale Jr., the letter she had written. The letter was actually addressed to Veale’s mother, and it read in part: “Thank you for allowing your son to come to Uganda. He is the one who gives us hope and we be with joy in our hearts.”
The assumption is that people my age tweet, text and use Facebook rather than send postcards. I try to send postcards from everywhere I go.
Ashley Lucas keeps thinking about certain people holding her new book for the first time — incarcerated women and their families.
Betsy Sleath, Ph.D., is a contented, albeit very busy woman. She’s ta…