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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Global News & Events, March 22, 2017
UNC Global Hosts Naturalization Ceremony for US Citizenship

On March 24, 2017, UNC Global, in conjunction with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), will host a naturalization ceremony recognizing nearly 60 of North Carolina’s new candidates for U.S. citizenship. 

 
What's New
UNC-Chapel Hill Graduate Programs Receive High Rankings by US News & World Report
New Survey Will Determine Whether and How Zika Affects Plans for US Travelers
Business Leader Schomburger Emphasizes Global Competency on Kenan-Flagler’s Global Education Day

Collaboration with Universidad Autonόma de Tamaulipas Leads to Mentorship and Grant Proposals
 
Carolina Center for Jewish Studies Hosts Jewish Food in the Global South Symposium

UNC Researchers Make Discovery that Could Increase Plant Yield in Wake of Phosphate Shortage 

UNC Celebrates Contributions of Asians, Asian-Americans during Asia Week 2017

Faculty from UNC Advise Public Health Officials in Liberia on Response to an Ebola Outbreak

UNC School of Medicine Student Builds on Skills from Time Served as Green Beret Medic​
 
Awards & Honors
       
Events


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March 22  Jennifer Eichman, ‘Women and Animals: Culinary Dilemmas, Karmic Entanglement’

March 23  Anne Hansen, ‘Buddhist Temporality and Interpretations of Mass Atrocity in Cambodia’

March 23  ‘The Remnants’ (Korea, 2016)

March 24  US Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony

March 27  ‘The Fate of the European Union,’ Panel Discussion

March 28  Study Abroad 101 Info Session: Asia Programs

March 28  Paul Corner, ‘Fascism, Populism and the European Union: Déjà Vu or False Analogy?’

March 29  Study Abroad 101 Info Session: France

March 29  Study Abroad Walk-In Wednesday: Credit Transfer Info

March 29  Study Abroad Office Walk-In Wednesday

March 29  Study Abroad 101 Info Session: Northern and Central Europe

March 30  Study Abroad 101 Info Session: UK and Ireland

March 30  Boris Ruge, ‘The EU and the US: The Case for Continued Partnership’

March 30  ‘The Search for General Tso,’ (US, 2014)

March 31  Study Abroad 101 Info Session: Australia and New Zealand

March 31  Study Abroad 101 Info Session: Spain and Latin America

April 1  Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center Annual Spring Conference: ‘Bridging Divides’

April 3  Dimitar Bechev, ‘Russia and Turkey: Between Cooperation and Discord’

April 3  ‘Fire at Sea’ (Italy, 2016)

April 5  Study Abroad Walk-In Wednesday: Credit Transfer Info

Until July 21 2017 Carolina Global Photography Exhibition


UNC


March 22  Rare Book Collection Recent Acquisitions Evening

March 22  Humanities Happy Hour: Charles Kurzman, ‘American Anxiety and Islamic Terrorism’

March 23-26  2017 SECOLAS Conference: ‘Revolution and Rapprochement in the Americas’

March 23  ‘Namour’ (US, 2016): Film Screening and Discussion

March 23  Martha Graham Dance Company

March 24  Serhii Plokhii, ‘What Past Is Prologue?: The Ukraine Crisis in Historical Perspective’

March 24  Попойка: Russian Conversation Hour

March 24  Dallat and Fyfe, ‘Carolina Two-Step: From Ayrshire to Appalachia via Antrim County’

March 24  Martha Graham Dance Company

March 26  Blake Atwood, ‘Reform Cinema in Iran’

March 26  Astrid Eckert, ‘The Unintended Consequences of Socialism'

March 26  ‘Nowruz’ Persian New Year Celebration

March 27  Spanish Language Lunch

March 27  Yoga in the Galleries

March 27  Tai Chi in the Galleries

March 27  Kaffeestunde: German Conversation Hour

March 27  Eric Naiman, ‘Missed Connections: Nabokov, Proust and the Russians’

March 28-29  2017 Latin America and North Carolina Seminar

March 28  Global Projects Showcase Lunch

March 28  Kawiarenka: Polish Conversation Hour

March 29-30  Stories of Africa: Connected over Time and Across the Globe

March 29  Art For Lunch: Richard Langston, ‘Central European Drawings in Context, Circa 1900’

March 29  ‘More than One Story, Más de una Historia,’ Reception and Exhibition Viewing

March 29  Introduction to Malawi and Chichewa: A Workshop on Language and Culture

March 29  Public Health Leaders in a Changing Global Society

March 30-April 1  Culinary Nationalism in Asia

March 30  Daniel Sayers, ‘A Desolate Place for a Defiant People: The Great Dismal Swamp’

March 31  Попойка: Russian Conversation Hour

March 31  Sounds of Kolachi on Stage

April 3  German Language Lunch

April 3  Kaffeestunde: German Conversation Hour

April 4  Xingjian Liu, ‘Mind the Gap: Broken Intercity Highways in China’

April 4  Kawiarenka: Polish Conversation Hour

April 4  CSEEES Film Series: ‘I, Olga Hepnarová’ (Czech Republic, 2016)

Until April 24  Philemona Williamson, ‘La Sombra y el Espiritu V' Exhibition

Until May 14  ‘Flora and Fauna’ Exhibition

Until May 14  ‘World on Fire in Flames of Blood: Narratives of the Russian Revolution,’ Exhibition

Until June 11  ‘Doing Our Bit: UNC and the Great War,’ Exhibition

 
Deadlines

 
March 22 Gerald Unks Undergraduate Travel Fellowship

April 1  Women In International Security Internships

April 5  Global Partnership Awards
 


“Thanks to the Chancellor's Global Education Fund, I was able to travel to Pune, India, and conduct research for my master's thesis on slum communities and solid waste management.”

- Tamara Failor, Graduate Student, City and Regional Planning, MCRP ’10
In the Media


School of Social Work Fundraises for Refugee Mental Health | The Daily Tar Heel
 
UNC Symposium Explores Whether Jewish Food Can Combat Hate | The Post and Courier
 
The Decline of Reef Predators Could Mean Disaster for Reefs | Paste
 
Most Convicted Terrorists Are US Citizens. Why Does the White House Say Otherwise? | PBS

'Who’s Talking' with D.G. Martin and Louis Perez Jr. | WCHL 

Teach-In Series Hosts Panel for Undocumented Students, Workers | The Daily Tar Heel
 
EU Proposes Limiting Free Visa Travel for US Citizens | The Daily Tar Heel
 
Q&A with Biology Professor John Bruno on Decline of Fish in Coral Reefs | The Daily Tar Heel
 
Trump Issues Revised Travel Ban on 6 Muslim-Majority Countries | The Daily Tar Heel
 
Advising Trump Will Test McMaster | The News & Observer
 
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