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Cabaniss blogs about research

February 5, 2015

Catch up with Senior Drew Cabaniss’s research on the process of urbanization and city structure at The Blog of the Office of Undergraduate Research. There, Cabaniss shares how his intellectual curiosity in cities took him from Santa Fe, NM, to the island of Crete in … Read more

From classroom to conference

January 23, 2015

In fall 2013, Robert Babcock presented his Latin paleography graduate students with a challenge. He asked three of his students to determine the origins of a collection of over fifty eleventh-century manuscripts from the Belgian Royal Library. This neglected area of … Read more

Linderski celebrates birthday with advisees, faculty

September 15, 2014

In August, former students and colleagues gathered at the Sienna Hotel to celebrate the 80th birthday of Jerzy Linderski, Paddison Professor of Latin Emeritus. The event was organized by three of Prof. Linderki’s dissertation advisees, Tim Moore, PhD ’86; Hans … Read more

Alumna Robinson publishes edited volume

July 31, 2014

Elizabeth Robinson, Ph.D. ’13, has recently published her edited volume with the Journal of Roman Archaeology. The volume is the collaborative effort of scholars who gathered for the 2009 Roman Archaeology Conference at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and six additional … Read more

Alumna Felton wins teaching award

July 28, 2014

The Classical Association of the Middle West and South has awarded Debbie Felton, Ph.D. ’95, the 2013-2014 Excellence in College Teaching Award. Currently an associate professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Felton was distinguished for her use of technological teaching … Read more

Haggis, students featured in News & Observer

July 28, 2014

Donald Haggis and students from the department were recently featured in The News & Observer for their work on the Azoria Project. Highlighting the strong ties between the Greek site and the greater North Carolina Triangle area, the local newspaper interviewed … Read more

Alumnus Sandridge returns for Duke fellowship

June 13, 2014

We are happy to share that Norman Sandridge, PhD ’05, will return to the Triangle Area as a visiting faculty fellow for Duke University’s The Humanities Writ Large initiative. For the 2014-2015 academic year Sandridge will continue to develop his own … Read more

Haggis wins Niarchos grant for Azoria Project

April 21, 2014

Donald Haggis, Professor of Classical Archaeology and Nicholas A. Cassas Term Professor of Greek Studies in the Department of Classics, was awarded a $200,000 grant from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, in support of on-going archaeological excavations at the site of … Read more

Cheung to study in Rome

April 14, 2014

Kristina W. Cheung has garnered a spot in the competitive study abroad program at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies next year. We wish her all of the best during her time abroad. Founded in 1965 by Brooks Otis, a … Read more

Undergraduate receives CAMWS scholarship

April 14, 2014

Undergraduate Nicole “Nicky” Curtis has won the 2014 Classical Association of the Middle West and South’s Manson Stewart Scholarship. We congratulate her for on this great achievement. CAMWS annually awards nominated undergraduates $1,000 scholarships. Nominees must be a sophomore or … Read more