May 9, 2018. This semester Angela Stuesse had some success securing internal research support, including a Junior Faculty Development Award, a University Research Council Grant, and a CFE Research Communication Grant to support her new book project, #FreeDany: Dreaming & … Read more
May 7, 2018 Katie Barrett received a Royster award for the dissertation completion. Ashley Peles was awarded fellowship support for dissertation completion. Anusha Hariharan has been awarded an off-campus dissertation award. David Cranford defended his dissertation and accepted a position … Read more
May 3, 2018 Lauren Nareau received a Wenner-Gren Dissertation fieldwork Grant, as well as the Summer Research Fellowship from the Graduate School for her research in Cuba. Sugandh Gupta was awarded three fellowships for her summer fieldwork project, “Experiencing Addiction and … Read more
Department of Anthropology Statement Concerning UNC’s Confederate Monument Anthropology is a discipline of engagement with social issues that matter. As such, anthropologists are acutely aware of inequality and the way that systems of power marshal words, symbols, and even silences to … Read more
April 26, 2018 Caroline Owens received the Spielvogel Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student Presentation or Poster and Isa Godinez who received the Edward E. Hunt, Jr. Award for Outstanding Graduate Presentation or Poster. Effects of psychosocial stress and BMI on c-reactive protein in a … Read more
April 25, 2018 For the past four years Professor Silvia Tomaskova has been teaching a large lecture class on Prehistoric Art, a survey of creativity around the globe, from the emergence of “art” in Africa to current creative production of … Read more
April 23, 2018 During her initial pre-dissertation fieldwork in Lima, Achsah Dorsey met with a number of women about their primary health concerns. “Every person I spoke to wanted to know more about anemia and its effect on their children,” … Read more
April 10, 2018 What does art do and why does it matter in medicine? Performance artist Marina Tsaplina, who has lived with Type 1 diabetes since she was 2, attempted to unpack that question at a recent event at UNC-Chapel … Read more
April 6, 2018 Dottie Holland will receive the 2018 Ned Brooks Award for Public Service today in the Carolina Club, Alumni Center. Guy Shalev was awarded the prestigious Dan David Prize for Bioethics. Michelle Rivkin-Fish has been offered a Lady … Read more
April 2, 2018 Five students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s College of Arts and Sciences were selected as recipients of the 2018 Burch Fellowship to pursue unique, self-defined educational experiences anywhere off UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. The … Read more
