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2024 HSS College Scholar and Anthropology professor approaches scholarship through storytelling and advocacy in immigrant communities.

A double Bear with years of experience teaching on UNC’s campus, Kelly Langley Cook, ’20, M.A. ’18, devotes herself to teaching the lesser-known parts of United States history.

Environmental Sustainability Students Travel to Norway’s Annual Arctic Frontiers Conference

Up to $160 million available over the next 10 years to build climate-resilient communities in the Colorado-Wyoming region

When it comes to talking about values, it is clear that David Barillas Chón’s, Ph.D., priorities are about the community. Barillas Chón was recently hired as an assistant professor in the Chicana/o and Latinx Studies Department (CLAS) at the University of Northern Colorado.

Guest speakers bring a change of pace to any learning environment. In the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, two professors walk into a classroom, but it’s a high school classroom: Kyle Anne Nelson, Ph.D., MPH, professor and chair of the Sociology department and Chris Talbot, Ph.D., professor of Gender Studies.

Political Science Professor Receives Prestigious U.S. Fulbright Award

UNC welcomes three new deans from across the university, with each one bringing strengths and new vision to their roles.

Karen Barton, professor of Geography, GIS and Sustainability, took 14 UNC students up to Estes Park for a hands-on workshop titled “Careers in National Parks and Protected Areas.”

Joining the university in 1994 as an assistant professor of geography, Jim Doerner, a full professor of Geography, GIS, and Sustainability, became permanent dean in April 2023 for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS).