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A sustainable Carolina

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Three Zeros Environmental Initiative is moving the campus toward water neutrality, zero waste and greenhouse gas neutrality.

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Keeping Carolina’s move-in trash out of the landfill
A team of “Recycling Ambassadors” has diverted more than 322 tons of cardboard, polystyrene and plastic film from landfills since 2001.
Video: RedBall Project rolls into Chapel Hill
To celebrate the Ackland Art Museum's 60th anniversary, the museum is hosting the world-renowned RedBall Project for a weeklong performance throughout campus.
How Carolina is transforming medicine with artificial intelligence
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health professor Michael Kosorok is working to bring artificial intelligence to the public health field.

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Solar panels

Harnessing the sun’s energy in new ways

The University will break ground on a state-of-the-art solar farm at the former Horace Williams Airport property later this semester. The solar panels will help power the buildings along Airport Drive

News and Updates

- Message from Chancellor Folt and the Board of Trustees on the Confederate Monument
  As the University works toward a plan for the Confederate Monument’s “disposition and preservation," Carolina has created a dedicated email address for anyone to submit ideas about the statue’s future.
- Carolina’s field hockey facility will be named for Karen Shelton
  Karen Shelton Stadium is the only Carolina facility named for a female coach or a current head coach and marks just the second time in school history that an individual will coach in a facility named for them.
- Hurricane Florence: How to support the recovery efforts
- Filling up the truck
- New Carolina study shows the Florida Keys’ corals are growing but have become more porous
  Research suggests that higher-latitude reefs may have more time to adapt to rising ocean temperatures than their tropical counterparts.
- UNC-Chapel Hill ranks fifth among the country’s public universities for 18th consecutive year
- Ackland Art Museum launches 60th anniversary celebration

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A time to reflect

Seventeen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Carolina ROTC members, local first responders and community members climbed 2,076 steps — the same number of steps in the World Trade Center — at Kenan Memorial Stadium to pay homage to the thousands of lives lost in the terrorist attacks.

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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  “I could not feel more honored and humbled by this gift.” The North Carolina Tar Heels field hockey team has a new home: Karen Shelton Stadium! Learn more about the historic nature of the facility's name and Shelton's remarkable coaching career at Carolina 🏑
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  On this week's episode of "Focus Carolina," hear why professor Frank R. Baumgartner's class is unlike anything most students have experienced: https://unc.live/2nAAgwx
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  What does it mean to "go green?" For Carolina, it means moving toward net zero water usage, zero waste to landfills and net zero greenhouse gas emissions. Discover how #UNC's Three Zeros Environmental Initiative benefits campus and our planet ♻️
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Did you catch the world's longest-running street artwork when it visited South Building on Thursday? Be on the lookout for where the RedBall Project pops up next in Chapel Hill! 🔴 https://unc.live/2O1P6ef
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health boasts some of the world's best and brightest researchers. See how they're looking to solve the most pressing health problems both here in North Carolina and across the globe. https://unc.live/2NRcgno
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  This week at Carolina, we saw what brings a community together. From volunteers loading the North Carolina Tar Heels' equipment truck with donations for areas affected by Hurricane Florence to celebrating public art in Chapel Hill. Take a look ⬇️ https://unc.live/2MQDNko
- @UNC
  What could be better than learning how to go green + 🍦? Celebrate #UNCThreeZeros Day on Polk Place until 2 p.m.! https://t.co/rgH4sTv49j
- @UNC
  A state-of-the-art solar farm will soon help power the buildings along Airport Drive! ☀️ Learn more about this innovative project and how it supports the #UNCThreeZeros goal of becoming greenhouse gas neutral ⤵️ https://t.co/sSFVL4nn9N
- @UNC
  The new @UNCFieldHockey home has a name: 🎉 Karen Shelton Stadium 🎉 Congratulations, coach! Read more about the historic nature of the facility's name and Shelton's 38 seasons with the program 🏑 #UNC https://t.co/VsN82BzJdl
- @UNC
  Join @Sustainable_UNC, @UNCFacServ and @MoveUNC for a Three Zeros Day Celebration tomorrow on Polk Place! Find more info and sign up on the Facebook event page: https://t.co/NPnuINJyBj #UNCThreeZeros
- @UNC
  Move-in day means unpacking all the clothes, bedding and supplies you brought — but that generates a lot of waste! Luckily, #UNC's Recycling Ambassadors were there to ensure it's disposed of properly ⤵️ #UNCThreeZeros https://t.co/A03YMjfsq3
- @UNC
  What makes professor Frank R. Baumgartner's political science class unique? Hear for yourself on this week's episode of "Focus Carolina." 👂➡️ https://t.co/Pn3cOtYrvb https://t.co/LeKpbq7pWJ

Events

Sep 04
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Jan 06
Histories of the World: Global History in the Age of Discovery
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wilson Library200 South RdChapel Hill27599 | Free
This exhibition explores the genre of historical scholarship from the late-fifteenth century through the mid-seventeenth century, a transformative time in Europe’s conception of the global past. It draws on the Rare Book Collection and the North Carolina Collection, both at the Wilson Special Collections Library.
Sep 06
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Jan 31
Sir Walter Uncloaked: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wilson Library200 South RdChapel Hill27599 | Free
This University Libraries exhibition takes a lighthearted look at Sir Walter Raleigh and his influence on history and popular culture.
Sep 12
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Sep 30
PlayMakers | “Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood”
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
PlayMakers Repertory Company120 Country Club Rd.Chapel HillNC27599-3235 |
Comic genius Ken Ludwig brings his rip-roaring romp through Sherwood Forest to PlayMakers, with all the thrills and romance you could ever ask for.