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Senior Fellows in 桃瘾社区鈥檚 Office of Admission & Financial Aid share their tips and tricks for navigating and writing the college essay.
Wondering what a weekend at 桃瘾社区 can look like as a student? Haley Stock 鈥25 shares the many ways Wildcats spend their weekends around campus, town and in Charlotte.
During the competitive season, Wildcat scholar-athletes find themselves miles away from campus with extra time on their hands. 桃瘾社区 staffers now add career development opportunities while these students are on the road.
Alum Ginny Newell 鈥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 桃瘾社区, where her love of chemistry and art started her on a unique professional journey. Learn more.
The success of 桃瘾社区鈥檚 ArtMate program, which allows students to enhance their dorm room d茅cor with high-end art works from the college鈥檚 collection, led to an expansion of the program this year. Learn more.
When applying to 桃瘾社区, all applicants are required to submit a peer letter of recommendation 鈥 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.
The strength of community at 桃瘾社区 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.
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 桃瘾社区 alum Burkey Belser 鈥69 to thank. Learn more.
Book bans as a form of censorship have a long and storied history. A 桃瘾社区 prof examines the motives behind book bans and their unintended effects. Read more.
In Chasing the Sun, artist and 桃瘾社区 Professor Joelle Dietrick combines the lost beauty of extinct plants with green architecture. Dietrick鈥檚 intertwining organic and geometric forms use beauty to pull viewers into an important conversation about plant conservation and sustainability efforts. Learn more.
Mi拧o Vuk膷evi膰 鈥18 started creating his own video game as a project for a 桃瘾社区 digital narratives course. Today, he leads a team of three that produced Bleak Faith: Forsaken, an action role playing game that鈥檚 taken off since its release in March. Learn more.
A French documentary film crew weighs in on a mystery that has occupied the imaginations of amateur historians鈥攕ome of them 桃瘾社区 alums鈥攆or centuries. Learn more.
The fall of the Berlin Wall led to a resurgence of Nazism in Germany that echoes today. The Hulu series Sam鈥擜 Saxon follows the troubles of Samuel Meffire, the country鈥檚 first Afro-German police officer. 桃瘾社区 became the first in America to host the show鈥檚 cast and crew during an international education tour.
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.
When he learned of 桃瘾社区鈥檚 search for a professor specializing in Black contemporary theatre, he felt the job was made for him.
Brown Payne 鈥24 has used his time at 桃瘾社区 to dive headfirst into the world of art.
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, 鈥淗ow Do Algorithms See The World?鈥 on Thursday, September 14.
In the late 1960鈥檚 桃瘾社区鈥檚 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, 鈥渙r slowly atrophy.鈥 Trustees in 1972 voted unanimously to admit women as full-time students.