Spring 2015
Breastfeeding prepares baby’s belly for solid food
A new UNC study found that breastfeeding influences a baby’s ability to transition from milk to solid foods and may... Continue Reading »Hitting a double: Cahoon scores two major science honors
Chemist James F. Cahoon is among 126 scholars to receive the 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan... Continue Reading »Toppin wins national opera award
Louise Toppin, professor and chair of the music department, has received the 2015 Legacy Award from the National Opera Association. Continue Reading »First-Year Seminars: Gateway to success at Carolina
The First Year Seminars Program offers innovative, inventive and one-of-a-kind classes designed to help incoming students make the transition from... Continue Reading »Young scholars claim honors
Two Carolina seniors and two young alumni have won prestigious awards for graduate studies. Continue Reading »Potential pancreatic cancer treatment could increase life expectancy
UNC researchers have developed a device that could impact pancreatic cancer treatmentt: By using electric fields, the device can drive... Continue Reading »To the Heart of the Earth
In January 2015, a team of researchers from UNC-Chapel Hill, Boise State University, Georgia State University and Michigan State University set out to complete an expedition on one of South America's most active volcanoes.
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The First Year Seminars Program in UNC's College of Arts and Sciences offers innovative, inventive and one-of-a-kind classes designed to help incoming students make the transition from high school to a global research university.
Watch Video »Creating an archive of civil rights voices
Media and the Movement: Journalism, Civil Rights, and Black Power in the American South is an oral history project that examines the media and activism of the South during the civil rights movement. With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities,
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