Dean Suzanne Barbour’s Commencement message for the December 2020 graduates of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Graduate students and recent graduate alumni apply for The Graduate School’s annual awards and are nominated by their academic departments.

StigmaFree Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, will host a virtual panel discussion on mental health within the Black community on Nov. 2.

Erb, who has co-directed The Graduate School’s Diversity and Student Success program since 2016, will support first-generation BU students in new role.

Winners for 2020 are: FIRST PLACE ($1000): Jeliyah Clark (Environmental Sciences and Engineering) – Eating for Two: Mother’s Diet as an Intervention for Arsenic-Induced Lower Birth Weight SECOND PLACE ($600): Meryem Ok (Biomedical Engineering) – Human Intestine on a Dish … Read more

StigmaFree Carolina, an initiative of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, hosted a virtual panel titled “Setbacks and Failures: The Road to Success in Academia.”

Joseph Ruiz, president of the biotechnology company, also recently joined CareerWell as an executive in residence and Advisory Committee member.

The Graduate School project, funded through the North Carolina Policy Collaboratory, provides a team approach combining data science, public policy and service.

A new study reveals an interesting phenomenon that occurred during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic: a surge in support for political leaders.

At the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic, major cities like New York became epicenters for the virus’s spread. But rural populations have also been hit hard.