Noelle Escobal on the 2022 HHIVE Information Session
By: Noelle Escobal On Thursday, November 10th, 2022, HHIVE held a brief information session with current lab members to discuss important topics of the health humanities. According to Sarah Lofstrom, a doctoral student and teaching fellow of English and Comparative … Read more
Meet Laura Crook: A Current BA/MA Student
By: Baylee Materia Laura Crook arrived at UNC-CH as a pre-med student with a passion for English on the side. She never would have imagined, her freshman year, that four years later she would be combining her distinctive academic interests … Read more
Tua Tagovailoa’s Injury and What it Tells Us About Concussion in Sports
By Katy Waddell What Happened to Miami Dolphins’ Quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa In week three of the National Football League’s regular season, Tua Tagovailoa, the starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, took two hard hits to the head, leaving him … Read more
Discovering my Passions for the Health Humanities in ENGL 71H: Healers and Patients
When reflecting on my freshman year at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, ENGL 71H was easily my academic highlight. Entitled “Healers and Patients,” Dr. Kym Weed’s first year seminar takes a deep dive into the relationships individuals form with … Read more
Maya Groff on Drs. Cindy Weinstein and Bruce Miller’s Grand Rounds
By Maya Groff We often think of the world in opposites: morning and night, good and bad, left brain and right brain, life and death. We separate the world into dichotomies in order to make it more navigable, often thinking … Read more
Navigating Foreign Atmospheres : Cathy Choi’s “No Space for Trash from Aliens”
In the fall of 2021, Dr. Kym Weed’s course ENGL 763: Intro to Health Humanities allured some of UNC’s sharpest and most dedicated students. Cathy Choi, a recent alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was one … Read more
Paid Internship Opportunities: Partnerships in Aging Program (3)
About the Partnerships in Aging Program: The Partnerships in Aging Program (PiAP) is a campus-wide program located in the Office of the Provost. In collaboration with community organizations and groups, they nurture dialogue about the personal and societal meaning of … Read more

