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Janay Franklin and Kendall Winter

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.

Sea lions live meters from the Galapagos Science Center, showcasing why harmony among humans and the environment is crucial to the islands’ preservation. (Photo by Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez)

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.

Bynum Hall with banners

The GPS: The Graduate School’s bi-weekly email for graduate students

Recognition celebration, rankings released, Grad Café

Old Well from below with South Building in the back and partially concealed by a tree.

Sixteen students receive prestigious funding from National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Carolina graduate students in multiple STEM-related research areas received awards helping to broaden and diversify talent in these fields.

A student walks in front of the Old Well on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

UNC-Chapel Hill graduate programs ranked among best in nation

U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 “Best Graduate Schools” list named multiple Carolina graduate degree programs in the top 10.

recognition ceremony grad students with awards on stage alumni center

The Graduate School honors graduate student achievements at 26th annual recognition celebration

More than 400 graduate students received internal or external funding for their research endeavors.

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Graduate Student Work

  • A woman with short, brown hair wearing glasses and a pink blouse covered by a black cardigan poses in a library.

    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.

  • A woman with short brown hair wearing star-shaped earrings and a white sleeveless blouse poses against a blurred-out green background.

    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.

  • A woman with short, curled blonde hair wearing a white long-sleeved blouse stands smiling outdoors.

    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.

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