William Vizuete isn't satisfied with working in a lab. He wants to see his research benefit the world. Vizuete a researcher and professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health is working toward reducing the effects of air pollutants on human health.
There are some things that professional study abroad advisers can't tell you. The best place to get local cuisine good professors to take classes with social situations to avoid and the best place to get a beer are among them. But next semester students wishing to study abroad will be able to seek advice from peers who have volunteered to share their experiences.
UNC is trading professor Chris Roush for University of Navarra professors Alfonso Vara and Angel Arrese as part of a swap that will expose UNC students to European business journalism.
In the election last week Jasmin Jones got 1742 votes. Tuesday night Jones received 3139 more to clinch the student body president election — the highest student election voter turnout in UNC history.
UNC's Muslim Students Association and N.C. Hillel a campus Jewish organization are teaming up in an untraditional Habitat for Humanity interfaith project starting Sunday. Habitat for Humanity workdays are traditionally on Saturdays — the Jewish Sabbath. But Susan Bourner director of partner relations for Orange County's Habitat for Humanity said that building days for this particular project will be on Sundays.
Newly inaugurated President Barack Obama has talked about the importance of being ready on day one of his presidency. He got a little help from Terry Sullivan professor of political science at UNC.
The C.D. Spangler Foundation named for the former UNC-system president hand-delivered a surprise $10 million advance payment to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles on Dec. 16. This early payment is part of a program to help UNC campuses add up to 80 distinguished professorships.
Instead of opening its doors for the whole Chapel Hill community tonight Spice Street Restaurant will cater to just UNC seniors. The restaurant located at University Mall will be filled with food music drinks and seniors as the class holds its annual semiformal dance.
Unless they're science majors students might not think they have much in common with a biomaterial researcher. But two degrees from UNC and four years of teaching in the chemistry department connect professor Valerie Ashby to the graduates she will address in December. The University Commencement speaker selection committee chose the award-winning chemistry professor Wednesday to speak at the Dec. 14 Commencement ceremony.
At the request of the N.C. General Assembly UNC is looking into the feasibility of using wind energy from the state's coast to power campus. The project is in its initial phase of planning and the University is gathering data about placing wind turbines in the waters of coastal North Carolina.
