Peter Mucha is a Professor of Mathematics and Applied Physical Sciences. Born in Texas and raised in Minnesota, Mucha moved east to attend college at Cornell University were he majored in Engineering Physics. After a Churchill Scholarship studying in the … Continued
Don Millen Jr. has over 25 years of experience in advising and investing in high-growth private and public businesses. Prior to founding Dragonfly Capital in 2000, he worked with Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. (BHC), a Charlotte-based merger and acquisition … Continued
Join Mackenzie Thomas (UNC ’13) for a discussion on inclusive storytelling, civic technology, and the intersection of media and tech. Mackenzie has spent the last 6 years at Google, most recently leading product and marketing inclusion for some of Google’s … Continued
C.A. Tuggle — Dr. T to his students — enjoyed a 16-year career in local television news and media relations before returning to academia to educate and train a new wave of broadcast journalists. He spent 11 years at WFLA-TV, … Continued
Dr. Carol Arnosti is a UNC professor in the Marine Sciences department, holding degrees from MIT and Lawrence University. Dr. Arnosti has worked on 29 research cruises in the North Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, in coastal North Carolina, and … Continued
Chris Bennesh is a branch chief in the Office of Geomatics at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). His office leverages multiple science- and math-based disciplines to provide geomatics content, functional management, and analysis, which accounts for the dynamic earth and … Continued
Join alumnae, Whitney Magendie and Sam Kimball, for dinner and conversations about experiences working for NPOs and NGOs. Whitney Magendie, Senior Program Manager at the National Network of Public Health Institutes, leads program management and strategy design for national public … Continued
Join alumnus Tony Kearney (Director, Strategic Relationships/Planned Parenthood Southeast) for coffee and conversation. Tony specializes in identifying, building, and fostering organizational relationships that build connections between Planned Parenthood and allies. We invite you to visit with Tony and learn more about … Continued
J.B. Buxton is the founding principal of the Education Innovations Group, a consulting practice focused on state education strategies for PreK-12 and post-secondary public education. Buxton works with state departments of education, national foundations, and state, regional and national organizations … Continued
Keith Payne, Phd is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. His lab studies how inequality shapes the human mind and asks questions like: Why do people make more self-defeating decisions when inequality is high? Why does feeling poor sometimes have more … Continued
Designed to introduce you to who’s who in Honors Carolina, this is the first event in a new series and is your chance to drop in—ask questions—give feedback—eat cookies. Jason earned his B.A. in English from UNC in 1997 and is … Continued
Peter Mucha is a Professor of Mathematics and Applied Physical Sciences. Born in Texas and raised in Minnesota, Mucha moved east to attend college at Cornell University were he majored in Engineering Physics. After a Churchill Scholarship studying in the … Continued
Viji Sathy, PhD, is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Special Projects Assistant to the Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Program Evaluator of the Chancellor’s Science Scholars. Sathy is actively involved in instructional … Continued
A native of Charlotte, NC, Audrey Shore has been involved in nonprofits across the state since 2012. After earning a B.S. in Public History at Appalachian State in 2012, Audrey interned with several museums, including the Levine Museum of the … Continued
Student U is a college-access organization that believes all students in Durham have the ability to succeed. In order to make this dream a reality, Student U creates a pipeline of services to support students through middle school, high school, … Continued
Cemil Aydin’s interests focus on both Modern Middle Eastern History and Modern Asian history, with an emphasis on the international and intellectual histories of the Ottoman and Japanese Empires. He is particularly interested in historical processes that shape transnational racial … Continued
Henry Fuchs is the Federico Gil Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fuchs is a co-director, with Nadia Thalmann of NTU Singapore and Markus Gross of ETH Zurich, … Continued
Ranier Weiss is a Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Weiss is known for his pioneering measurements of the spectrum of the cosmic microwave background radiation, his inventions of the monolithic silicon bolometer and the laser interferometer … Continued
Hilary Lithgow specializes in Victorian and early Modernist British literature, as well as the literature of war from World War I to today. She is especially interested in the role of story-telling in making sense of human experience and the … Continued
Sheri Castle is an award-winning professional food writer, recipe developer, cooking teacher, and speaker known for melding storytelling, humor, and culinary expertise, so she can tell a tale while preparing a memorable meal. She is the author or co-author of … Continued
