At 49, Greg Michie gave it all up. His tenure-track position. His flexible schedule. His unhurried lunch hour. (His lunch hour, period.) In 2012, as a citywide teacher’s strike loomed, Michie left the relative comforts of higher education. He returned to the undervalued but indispensable work of public school teaching in America. … More Relevance Rediscovered
“How do we institutionalize compassion? If we are all products of our systems, how do we make these systems compassionate? Imagine police departments whose main focus is caring for the community, is compassion. What if, from the very beginning, compassion is the anchor for all our social institutions?” … More Compassion as an Action Verb
Andrew Mann told all the universities who interviewed him for faculty positions that he planned to buy his own CubeSat, but Carolina’s response intrigued him: “They said, ‘Don’t buy it. Build it.’ ” … More Next Research Launch: Carolina’s Own Satellite
What you see, smell and hear here is shop class and home economics refurbished for the digital age. Hundreds of willing participants know this as BeAM, or “be a maker,” UNC’s answer to the worldwide makerspace movement — the collaborative culture of making physical objects using both digital and traditional tools. Now entering its fourth year, BeAM makerspaces are leading the Carolina community and its students through a re-emergence of know-how, in and out of the classroom. … More The Student Body Shop
Students are incredulous when Walters proffers this deal. “You’re going to give me more time and a higher grade? What’s the catch?” But that’s how making and inventing works in the real world, he said. Like pumping gas in a Vermont winter, the first decisions you make often are not your best. … More The Art of Perseverance
Of the 15 colleges Charlotte Dorn was considering, only Carolina didn’t offer the mechanical engineering degree she wanted. The High Point native’s family had a good laugh about that. … More The BeAM School of Engineering
Beth McNichol 