Classics majors Drew Cabaniss and David Ortiz have officially joined Phi Beta Kappa. They join Alex Karsten, who was inducted in fall 2013. To be eligible for induction into the nation’s oldest honor society, an undergraduate must have completed 75 … Read more
The department congratulates Serena Witzke for her induction into the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society. This year, Witzke is one of 10 graduate students honored by the selective society for her service to the University above and beyond that required … Read more
Graduate student Erika Weiberg has been awarded the Bert Hodge Hill Fellowship from the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. She will attend the Regular Program of the school as a Regular Student Member next year. “Study at the … Read more
This year the graduate students in Classics at Duke University and UNC are collaborating to organize the Inaugural Duke-UNC Graduate Workshop in Classics Pedagogy, which will take place the weekend of March 28-30, 2014. The workshop addresses an expressed interest … Read more
Donald Haggis’s Azoria Project is now accepting volunteer applications for its summer 2014 field school. Applications are due April 1, and may be accessed through the Azoria website. The Azoria Project has received international acclaim for its innovative Archaeological practices, … Read more
Senior Alex Karsten was inducted into Alpha of North Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Nov. 25. We congratulate the Classics major for joining a good company of Classics undergraduates inducted into the order. We congratulate Alex for achieving this … Read more
Alex Karsten, a senior Classics major, debuted his editorial column for The Daily Tar Heel today. In the first of many editorials Karsten is pegged to pen for the campus newspaper, Karsten explains his ferocious appetite for the Classics. You … Read more
The Graduate School recently recognized Elizabeth Robinson, PhD ’13, for her many academic achievements and research experience in Italy. Robinson, a member of The Graduate School’s Royster Society of Fellows, spent the last four years researching her dissertation on the … Read more
Murphey Hall continues to be home for a number of accomplished undergraduates. Rachel Mazzara has published a translation of Catullus poem 51 in the Denison University undergraduate Classics journal, Ephemeris. Rachel’s project was born as writing assignment in Ted Gellar-Goad’s … Read more
Junior Meghan DeMaria used her national platform as a USA Today collegiate correspondent to promote the advantages of majoring in Classics at Chapel Hill. READ MORE >>