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Most UNC-Chapel Hill Ph.D. students oversee their own research projects for their dissertations. But Kriddie Whitmore did it in a foreign country — and with the added challenges of a language barrier, bad weather and limited equipment. This past summer, Whitmore traveled to Ecuador's Andes Mountains, tackling their demands with incredible tenacity and creativity.
This summer, UNC-Chapel Hill research technicians Liz Farquhar and Tessa Davis traveled to the Andes Mountains in Ecuador for a project in the páramo, a beautiful but challenging ecosystem. While the high altitude and unpredictable weather took time to adjust to, they discovered that the resilience they gained during the pandemic aided them in all the obstacles they faced.
Meet Esteban Agudo and Savannah Ryburn, two doctoral students who turned obstacles into opportunities to further their research in the Galápagos during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What have Afghan refugees gone through, what do they face and how can we support them? Josh Hinson, director of the UNC Refugee Mental Health and Wellness Initiative, answers these questions and more.
Two decades after the terrorist attacks, the country is dealing with the aftermath of two wars and a squandered opportunity for unity, says former Director of National Intelligence and professor of the practice Admiral Dennis Blair.
Katharina Malena Krause, an incoming graduate student from Hanover, Germany, has wanted to be a Tar Heel since she was 15 years old.
Carolina and the University of Zambia researchers are using cutting-edge medical devices, machine learning and artificial intelligence to tackle global maternal and child health issues while providing quality services to women and children in Zambia.
Part of the UNC Russian Flagship Program, Griffin McGuire will spend the next year in Almaty, Kazakhstan, studying at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.