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Lifelong learner finds personal renaissance
After years of working in the business world, Jennifer Wu earns a doctorate in art history from Carolina.
Ph.D. Student Lily Chen Receives Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Grant
Lily Chen, a second-year Ph.D. student and Royster Fellow, has been awarded a 2-year grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. This grant, totaling $544,140.60, will support Chen’s research project in collaboration with the United Chinese Americans (UCA) WAVES Youth Mental Health Collaborative.
Austin Vo’s graduate research has taken him around the world
The sociology Ph.D. student, Austin Vo, spent time in France to study “indigenous responses to French colonialism,” he shared, and is continuing his research in Vietnam and Senegal this year.
The Graduate School names Janay Franklin and Kendall Winter dual recipients of the 2024 Boka W. Hadzija Award for Distinguished University Service
Winter and Franklin combined dedication to academic excellence with extraordinary service to others. The Boka Award last honored two graduate student recipients in 2014.
Kenan Galapagos Fellows Program Launches Fall 2024
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust awards UNC Center for Galapagos Studies $1.5 million to launch fellowship program and propel research in the Galapagos.
The GPS: The Graduate School’s bi-weekly email for graduate students
Recognition celebration, rankings released, Grad Café
Graduate Student Work
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Meet a Summer Research Fellow: Sarah Farkas
Sarah Farkas is a Ph.D. candidate within the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has recieved the James L. Peacock III Summer Research Fellowship as she works to complete her dissertation on Anne of Cleaves, Sibylle of Cleaves and the ways portraits and objects are used to portray individuals.
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Meet a Summer Research Fellow: Rosemary Gay
Rosemary Gay is a Ph.D. student within the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been awarded the James L. Peacock III Summer Research Fellowship as she works to complete her dissertation on the politics and evolution of peanut farming.
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Meet a Summer Research Fellow: Sarah Blanton
Sarah Blanton is a Ph.D. student within the Department of Romance Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been awarded the Thomas E. Sox Summer Research Fellowship as she works to complete her dissertation on transnational labor economies and farmworker narratives.
N.C. Impact
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2023 Tar Heel Bus Tour: Carolina graduate students making a difference
The Graduate School’s own Brian Rybarczyk thoroughly enjoyed the 2023 Tar Heel Bus Tour trip.
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Air Quality Action
Ph.D. student Hayley Plass’ research on algal blooms and air quality will have widespread implications for North Carolina communities.
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The 2022 Tar Heel Three Minute Thesis: Graduate education and its impact
May 23 until May 27 is Graduate Education Week across North Carolina.
Campus News and Updates
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Lifelong learner finds personal renaissance
After years of working in the business world, Jennifer Wu earns a doctorate in art history from Carolina.
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Ph.D. Student Lily Chen Receives Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation Grant
Lily Chen, a second-year Ph.D. student and Royster Fellow, has been awarded a 2-year grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. This grant, totaling $544,140.60, will support Chen’s research project in collaboration with the United Chinese Americans (UCA) WAVES Youth Mental Health Collaborative.
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Austin Vo’s graduate research has taken him around the world
The sociology Ph.D. student, Austin Vo, spent time in France to study “indigenous responses to French colonialism,” he shared, and is continuing his research in Vietnam and Senegal this year.
Alumni and Friends
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Seeking summer internship hosts
Host a Carolina graduate student as part of Bridge Beyond Carolina: Experiential Learning for Graduate Students
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A year of gratitude
We couldn’t bid 2023 farewell without expressing our deepest gratitude to everyone who generously contributed to our success this past year.
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Cliff Keller (’22 Ph.D.) — Political and social dynamics of conflict
Alumnus Cliff Keller (’22 Ph.D.) reflects on his time as both a veteran of the U.S. Army and a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.