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Summer experiences
at Carolina

At Carolina, we strive to give students the knowledge, resources and confidence to succeed beyond campus. Summer is a great time for Tar Heels to take lessons learned in the classroom and apply them in professional settings, picking up valuable experience for their careers ahead.

As the start of the fall semester approaches, find out what some Carolina students have been up to this summer.

As part of Rachel Geyer’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, she is trying to understand why some corals grow more complex skeletons, possibly making the coral more resilient. She hopes her findings may help tropical coral species threatened by rapidly warming waters and excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Read more about Geyer’s environmental efforts.

Student in labcoat examining coral under sink.

At the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association’s annual summer institute, high school students from across North Carolina participate in a weekend-long deep dive into all things media.

Read more about how Carolina gives aspiring journalists their time to shine.

Two high school students sitting at anchor desk of a TV studio on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill.

Students explore the Beat Lab all year as a community space where musicians can use a wide variety of DJ gear, electronic music tools and digital resources to practice, create and collaborate in making music. In late May, the lab partnered with UNC Summer School to host the Carolina Hip Hop Institute. The course allows students to engage in discussions about the creation of music and even participate in jam sessions with fellow students and teachers.

Read more about the Carolina Hip Hop Institute and Carolina’s Beat Lab.

 

(Professor Maya Shipman (Suzi Analogue) and another instructor work with a student in the Beat Lab at the Carolina Hip Hop Institute summer 2024.