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  • sea lions on the beach.

    Preserving the Galapagos one sample at a time

    Researchers at the Galapagos Science Center are creating a biobank of samples from across the islands to help with the preservation of the archipelago and provide new opportunities for studies.

  • Simone McFarlane.

    Going beyond the classroom

    As a Global Gap Fellow, Carolina junior Simone McFarlane broke outside of her academic bubble.

  • A person kneeling in a field.

    In the field with Carolina researchers

    Meet Carolina researchers who are conducting their work more than 2,600 miles away from Chapel Hill in the Galapagos Islands.

  • The Singapore skyline.

    Maymester in Singapore

    More than a dozen Tar Heels students spent Maymester in Singapore to learn about the country’s media markets, visit with a range of media professionals, meet with alumni and take in the country’s history and culture.

  • Dredren Smith standing outside.

    An unconventional path

    Dedren Snead '12 is an Innovator-In-Residence at the UNC Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship, but his path to this point in his career has been anything but a linear trajectory. The pivotal point in his journey, he says, was getting a degree from Carolina.

  • Catherine Haas in FedEx Global.

    A new publication celebrates all things global

    Catherine Haas ’22 (M.A.) and fellow graduate students won an Arts Innovation Grant to launch a new digital student journal, The Global Gazette.

  • students and faculty are helping and constantly thinking of family and friends whose lives the Ukraine war has upended.

    Ukraine stories: Staff, faculty share harrowing, inspiring experiences

    Their family and friends are caught up in the war in Ukraine — some taking up arms, some escaping as mortar shells arc overhead, some staying behind to care for loved ones.

  • A sculpture of a bird.

    On the origin of sculptures

    In a collaboration between Arts Everywhere and the UNC Center for Galápagos Studies, five artists were tasked with creating sculptures of Galápagos animals to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Galápagos Science Center on San Cristóbal Island.