Putting self-compassion into practice
UNC-Chapel Hill researcher Karen Bluth studies self-compassion and the role it plays in supporting mental health, particularly in teens. Here she offers a few tools for practicing self-compassion.
Carolina People
Every day, Tar Heels find ways to leave their Heel print on campus and make our community stronger.
Learning from the experts
Chelsea Vickers' internship at RTI International, a nonprofit research institute in the Research Triangle, has given her hands-on experience promoting a research operation from behind the scenes.
A summer in the big leagues
Rising senior Blake Morgan spent the summer as a production assistant on Fox Sports San Diego’s Padres game day broadcasts.
Well Said: Revisiting the Evryscope
In this week’s episode, assistant professor Nicholas Law from the physics and astronomy department discusses the Evryscope, how he and his team use it to monitor 50 million stars and what they’ve found so far.
‘Mr. North Carolina’ sticks to the subject he loves
Bob Anthony considers himself a "professional North Carolinian," managing 4.5 million books, maps, photographs and other cultural heirlooms in the nation's largest single state-focused collection.
Serendipity by design
Through RENCI, a collaborative data science lab, Carolina helps foster connections among research scientists across different disciplines and universities.
Well Said: The deeper cause of OCD
On this week's episode, psychology and neuroscience professor Jon Abramowitz discusses obsessive-compulsive disorder and treatments for the disorder.
Artifacts of alteration
Most visitors return from Jordan Lake with a tan and a photograph. Recent Carolina graduate Ayla Gizlice collects something else entirely — chunks of clay, plastic bags, rocks — for an art project addressing how human actions shape the physical environment.