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Composting inspires MPA student

September 11, 2024

After a summer state government internship and a waste audit, Brianna Beadle is back to studying public administration.

Collaborating with communities on coastal resilience research

August 15, 2024

James P. Collins, a doctoral student in city and regional planning, spent the summer in the coastal communities east of Beaufort in Carteret County known as “Down East.” He interviewed residents about the chronic coastal flooding that happens outside of major storm events — also known as “sunny day” or high-tide flooding. With local sea-level rise, land subsidence and development increasing in coastal areas, the frequency of flooding along low-lying properties and roadways is also growing.

Rhodes scholar returns to Gillings

August 15, 2024

Takhona Hlatshwako’s passion for public health led her from her native Eswatini to Carolina then Oxford and back again. Takhona Hlatshwako ’22 has never wavered in her intent to use her public health knowledge to help her home of Eswatini, … Read more

Housman named Weiss Senior Fellow

June 25, 2024

The clinical rehabilitation and mental health counseling master’s student hopes to provide community, engagement and inspiration to future fellows.

Meet a Summer Research Fellow: Sarah Farkas

August 20, 2023

Sarah Farkas is a Ph.D. candidate within the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has recieved the James L. Peacock III Summer Research Fellowship as she works to complete her dissertation on Anne of Cleaves, Sibylle of Cleaves and the ways portraits and objects are used to portray individuals.

Meet a Summer Research Fellow: Rosemary Gay

August 15, 2023

Rosemary Gay is a Ph.D. student within the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been awarded the James L. Peacock III Summer Research Fellowship as she works to complete her dissertation on the politics and evolution of peanut farming.

Meet a Summer Research Fellow: Sarah Blanton

August 11, 2023

Sarah Blanton is a Ph.D. student within the Department of Romance Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been awarded the Thomas E. Sox Summer Research Fellowship as she works to complete her dissertation on transnational labor economies and farmworker narratives.