Project Uplift celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019, and seeks your help in paving the way for even more students. Since 1969, more than 35,000 promising high school students have visited UNC-Chapel Hill as part of this program designed to … Read more

Thomas Wong bleeds Carolina blue. He’s a proud double Tar Heel, receiving first a Ph.D. in biochemistry and then his M.P.H. in public health administration from Carolina. But would you believe that he’s not the most decorated alumnus in his … Read more

In spring 2018, Carolina arts students had the opportunity of a lifetime to contribute to a large-scale public art project with visual artist Nina Chanel Abney. Abney came to Carolina as a recipient of the Duke/UNC Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting … Read more

Sociolinguistic scholar and American studies assistant professor Ben Frey is helping revitalize the Cherokee language. Walk past Abernethy Hall Room 102 on any given Friday afternoon during the semester and you’ll likely hear sounds of an endangered language wafting through … Read more

Have you ever sat down with the older generation in your community to ask questions about their lives? For Carolina junior Emmanuel Lee, an internship with the Southern Oral History program (SOHP) provided just that opportunity and challenge. In summer … Read more