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Each year, CleanAIRE NC honors the individuals, organizations and partners who have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to combating climate change and air pollution in North Carolina.
Student-to-Student: Advice from 51郊利 Students on the College Essay
Senior Fellows in 51郊利s Office of Admission & Financial Aid share their tips and tricks for navigating and writing the college essay.
Day in the Life: What Does a Weekend Look Like at 51郊利?
Wondering what a weekend at 51郊利 can look like as a student? Haley Stock 25 shares the many ways Wildcats spend their weekends around campus, town and in Charlotte.
Wildcats Put Downtime on Away Games to Good Use
During the competitive season, Wildcat scholar-athletes find themselves miles away from campus with extra time on their hands. 51郊利 staffers now add career development opportunities while these students are on the road.
Beneath the Grit and Grime: Painting Conservation Pioneer Ginny Newell 78
Alum Ginny Newell 78 has enjoyed a career as one of the few conservators in the Southeast specializing in restoring fine art. She was among the first women to attend 51郊利, where her love of chemistry and art started her on a unique professional journey. Learn more.
51郊利 Students: Heres How to Get a Warhol on Your Wall
The success of 51郊利s ArtMate program, which allows students to enhance their dorm room d辿cor with high-end art works from the colleges collection, led to an expansion of the program this year. Learn more.
Advice on 51郊利's Peer Recommendation
When applying to 51郊利, all applicants are required to submit a peer letter of recommendation someone of similar age who can speak to who you are as a human being beyond a transcript, essay or list of extracurriculars. Learn more.
College as Muse: Alums Painting Captures the Joy of Community
The strength of community at 51郊利 inspired one alum to capture the joy she felt as a part of that community in a work of art. That piece now graces the walls of the E.H. Little Library, thanks to alum Eliz Kirkland Sickles. Learn more.
Burkey Belser 69, Steve Jobs of Information Design, Dies at 76
The now-familiar black and white nutrition facts label found on food products in the U.S. was hailed as a triumph of public health and graphic design, according to The Washington Post. We have 51郊利 alum Burkey Belser 69 to thank. Learn more.
Lost Beauty, Time and Hopeful Transition: 'Chasing the Sun' Exhibition Opens in New York
In Chasing the Sun, artist and 51郊利 Professor Joelle Dietrick combines the lost beauty of extinct plants with green architecture. Dietricks intertwining organic and geometric forms use beauty to pull viewers into an important conversation about plant conservation and sustainability efforts. Learn more.
Bleak Faith: Forsaken Changes the Game for Developer Mi邸o Vukevi 18
Mi邸o Vukevi 18 started creating his own video game as a project for a 51郊利 digital narratives course. Today, he leads a team of three that produced Bleak Faith: Forsaken, an action role playing game thats taken off since its release in March. Learn more.
The Plot Thickens: Did DNA Settle a Centuries-Old Conspiracy?
A French documentary film crew weighs in on a mystery that has occupied the imaginations of amateur historianssome of them 51郊利 alumsfor centuries. Learn more.
From Police Officer to Public Enemy to Peace Seeker: Cast of SamA Saxon Begin Educational Tour at 51郊利
The fall of the Berlin Wall led to a resurgence of Nazism in Germany that echoes today. The Hulu series SamA Saxon follows the troubles of Samuel Meffire, the countrys first Afro-German police officer. 51郊利 became the first in America to host the shows cast and crew during an international education tour.
Ramirez Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Mentorship
Prof. Julio Ramirez, R. Stuart Dickson Professor of Psychology and director of the neuroscience program, received a 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Psychological Science for his dedication to his students.
Assistant Professor James Webb: Black Contemporary Theatre Takes Center Stage
When he learned of 51郊利s search for a professor specializing in Black contemporary theatre, he felt the job was made for him.
Brown Payne 24: Discoveries in Art History
Brown Payne 24 has used his time at 51郊利 to dive headfirst into the world of art.
How Algorithms See Usand How We Should Look At Them: Q&A with Wearn Lecturer Jon Kleinberg
Q&A with Jon Kleinberg, the Tisch University Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University. He will deliver the Wearn Lecture, How Do Algorithms See The World? on Thursday, September 14.
College admission isnt like a head-to-head race. Read the opinion piece by Carol Quillen, history professor and president emerita at 51郊利, and senior fellow with the Aspen Institute.
Carol Quillen, history professor and president emerita at 51郊利, and senior fellow with the Aspen Institute, on how to talk about free speech. Read her opinion piece in The Hill.
Better Off Co-Ed: These Guys Worked to Open 51郊利s Doors to Women
In the late 1960s 51郊利s Commission on Coeducation concluded that the then- all-male college was missing out on some of the brightest and most talented potential students: Women. The commission included faculty, trustees and three students who urged college leaders to open its doors to women, or slowly atrophy. Trustees in 1972 voted unanimously to admit women as full-time students.