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One giant leap

From training the country’s earliest astronauts to uncovering new knowledge about the universe, Carolina has played a role in space exploration and discovery.

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Well Said: Revisiting the Evryscope
In this week’s episode, assistant professor Nicholas Law from the physics and astronomy department discusses the Evryscope, how he and his team use it to monitor 50 million stars and what they’ve found so far.
Could we make a Carolina Blue spacecraft?
Assistant professor Andrew Mann is building small satellites in campus makerspaces to discover young planets that could one day sustain life.
‘Hope grows here’
The place at the end of the bumpy dirt road looks and sounds like many farms in rural Chatham County. But the writing carved into the wooden sign above the garden gate shows the difference at the Farm at Penny Lane: “Hope Grows Here.”

Discover UNC-Chapel Hill

Astronauts train in Morehead Planetarium.

‘Walking in the footsteps of men who walked on the moon’

Carolina’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center played a pivotal role in American space exploration and discovery, including helping put a man on the moon.

News and Updates

- Studying premature babies to understand environmental impacts on children’s health
  UNC School of Medicine researchers are 15 years into a long-term study to learn how to optimize the health of children born at less than 28 weeks gestation, including identifying factors that help them succeed in school and develop social and communication skills.
- Wilson Library exhibition shows how Tar Heels beat the heat before air conditioning
  The exhibition draws from items at the Wilson Special Collections Library, including books, newspapers, postcards, advertisements, photographs and even a bathing suit from the 1920s.
- Autism may arise from genetic defect during ‘scaffolding’ of developing brain
- Richard Stevens elected to chair UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees; new members sworn in
- Mohit Bansal receives Google Focused Research Award
  The awarded project seeks to study both spatial language comprehension and generation in interactive settings using resources that provide real-life visual input and environment configurations.
- Message from Interim Chancellor Guskiewicz and Provost Blouin on Emil Kang
- Five former Carolina student-athletes win the 2019 World Cup

In Pictures

Bringing literature to life

More than 135 Austen enthusiasts from around the world joined scholars and North Carolina teachers for the seventh annual Jane Austen Summer Program. Each year, the four-day symposium takes a deep dive into the 18th-century author’s works and also brings Austen’s work off the pages and into real life through cultural experiences including a Regency-style masquerade ball, exhibits and afternoon teas.

Carolina on Social Media

- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  To infinity ... and beyond! Take a look at Carolina's history of space exploration and how that discovery continues today: https://unc.live/32r2ay7
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  As temperatures continue to climb, a UNC-Chapel Hill Library exhibition looks at some of the ways North Carolinians kept cool before the advent of air conditioning. Get a sneak peek of what you'll find in this special collection ⬇️
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at #UNC, the first social science research center in the world, has trained and supported hundreds of researchers specializing in everything from anthropology to city and regional planning for the past 95 years. And it all exists ...
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  The sky's the limit for creativity at Carolina's BEAM makerspaces! Or so we thought... Meet the #UNC assistant professor using 3D printers to create prototypes of small satellites he hopes will discover young planets that could one day sustain life.
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Congratulations to UNC Computer Science assistant professor Mohit Bansal for receiving a Google Focused Research Award in natural language processing! Learn how this $1.5 million award will fund his project on spatial language understanding.
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Nearly 50 years ago, the world watched as man stepped foot on the moon for the first time. But before the Apollo astronauts made this giant leap for mankind, they first trained right here at #UNC in the Morehead Planetarium & Science Center. See how Carolina played a pivotal ...
- @UNC
  RT @UNCResearch: The crew of #Apollo11 inspired people across the globe, including @UNC alumna Zena Cardman — microbiologist, adventurer, a…
- @UNC
  DYK?: the nation's oldest public university is also home to the first astronomical observatory on a college campus. See #UNC's influence on space exploration and education through the years: https://t.co/SxiW3E3yn0 🌌 https://t.co/27twXDLfsb
- @UNC
  As the population of older adults grows by a projected 50% between 2016 and 2030, @UNCPharmacy and @UNC_SOM want to minimize their risk of falling. See how a new grant from @CDCgov aims to do just that. https://t.co/ZSJbARLrvI
- @UNC
  Few people can say they've sent a library of information to the moon, but @uncsils professor Paul Jones can! Get to know the many firsts this Tar Heel has accomplished at Carolina (via @amlibraries) https://t.co/jpvvk3DcQG
- @UNC
  Through @UNCHealthyHeels, Mari Diaz combines compassion and psychology into a career that supports Tar Heels. Read how her grandmother inspired her passion for service (via @univgazette) https://t.co/ZUc6j973yR
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  RT @kenanflagler: Want to know how best to negotiate a job offer? @UNC #KenanFlagler’s Elizabeth Wallencheck shares tips on how to enhance…

Events

Jun 20
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Sep 29
Beating the Heat: Surviving Summers in North Carolina Before Air Conditioning
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wilson Library200 South RdChapel Hill27599 | Free
An exhibition at the University Libraries looks at the ways that North Carolinians in the late 19th and early 20th centuries kept cool during the hottest months of the year.
Jul 18
UNC Visitors Center tours
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
UNC-Chapel Hill Visitors Center250 East Franklin StreetChapel HillNC27514 | Free
The UNC Visitors Center welcomes guests to tour our dynamic campus. Whether you’re interested in prospective undergraduate tours – provided by our Office of Undergraduate Admissions – or you’d just like to get to know us better, we invite you to walk our storied brick paths and between our stone walls.
Jul 18
“Bright Star” – a Carolina musical
7:30 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
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Set in many familiar locations across North Carolina and propelled by an ensemble of onstage bluegrass musicians, "Bright Star" tells a love story as comforting and generation-spanning as biscuits & gravy.