Carolina graduate students in multiple STEM-related research areas received awards helping to broaden and diversify talent in these fields.
Kumarini “Kumi” Silva named incoming Caroline H. and Thomas S. Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education.
For excellence in teaching undergraduate students, each teaching assistant receives a $5,000 stipend.
At our annual 3MT competition, graduate students have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their (often complex) research to a non-specialist audience. Our latest competition was nothing short of impressive.
Graduate student Kimmy Hansen is analyzing the impact of future development on the tree canopy of Bald Head Island, a North Carolina barrier island that boasts the second-largest maritime forest in the state.
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.
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.
The Master of City and Regional Planning has ranked highly in a nationwide publication.
Pasuth Thothaveesansuk is a Ph.D. candidate with the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences. He has received the James L. Peacock III Summer Research Fellowship as he works to complete his dissertation on liberal internationalism in East and Southeast Asia in the 20th century.
Taylor West is a Ph.D. candidate within the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As she continues working on her dissertation that focuses on positive interactions between strangers, West has received the Laura Mayer Summer Research Fellowship.
