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  • Children holding plastic cups and participating in a science activity.

    Universe Week = family fun + science 

    A new week of educational fun called UNC Universe Week heralds the return of the UNC Science Expo, the biggest local event of the N.C. Science Festival.

  • Ramses paints a black wall.

    Arts Everywhere 2022

    Arts Everywhere is an initiative to make the arts a fundamental part of Carolina's culture and daily campus life. The arts can unlock our fullest potential and generate new knowledge, develop citizen leaders, embrace differences and catalyze economic development. Celebrating the arts supports students’ pursuit of meaningful lives by helping them imagine new possibilities and foster a creative mindset to solve the world’s most complex problems. April 8 marks a return to an on-campus celebration of Arts Everywhere Day, with performances, installations and activities across campus.

  • Photo illustration showing Courtney Rivard headshot a gaming console and text reading Women Making History

    She trains faculty how to teach using games

    As director of the Digital Literacy and Communications Lab, Courtney Rivard brings a humanistic lens to the study and teaching of games.

  • Fans waving at the team bus.

    ‘I wanted to be here to wish them luck’

    Thousands of Carolina fans gathered outside the Dean E. Smith Center on March 30 to wish the men’s basketball team good luck on their way to the Final Four.

  • Keely Muscatell witha sketching of a brain.

    Brain-body breakthroughs

    Psychoneuroimmunology is a burgeoning field addressing how psychological stress impacts the brain and the body. Keely Muscatell is one of just a few scholars conducting research within this realm and is working closely with two Ph.D. students to uncover the short- and long-term effects of racial discrimination.

  • Woman speaking with man at table with a yellow umbrella outside.

    Resilience coaches provide identity-focused mentorship

    The Carolina Collaborative for Resilience will train 20 new coaches annually to help students dealing with race- and identity-based stress.

  • A dancer at dance marathon

    Tar Heels put on their dancing shoes for a cause

    Saturday marked the in-person return of Dance Marathon. Students helped raise more than $288,000 for patients and families served by the North Carolina Children’s Hospital.

  • Graphic reading

     Asian Pacific American Heritage Month events scheduled for April 

    Asian American Center Director Heidi Kim kicks off the special month with a “State of Asian America” address on Thursday.