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The UNC J-school hosted Chancellor Carol Folt and Provost Jim Dean on Sept. 20. Folt called the school "a stimulating place to be."

With a $20 million, five-year grant, UNC researchers — including J-school faculty members — will study issues related to tobacco prevention communication and regulation.

In "Social Networks and Popular Understanding of Science and Health: Sharing Disparities," Southwell offers a corrective for the widespread enthusiasm sweeping popular imagination regarding the power of social networks and media, contending that information does not spread equally and that relying on social networks may harden gaps and disparities.

Duke University has tapped associate professor Ryan Thornburg for a key role in its student newspaper’s transition to a digital first news product.

With a third class of students entering this fall, the M.A. in Technology and Communication is again in full swing. The school welcomed the 2013 cohort with orientation Aug. 12-13. The 16 students began online coursework Aug. 21.

Workroom — a student project that incorporates marketing, design, production and promotion — received $70,000 in grants to fund a student-run business to launch fall 2013.

Senior lecturer Jock Lauterer was honored for his commitment to community journalism at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference in August 2013 in Washington, D.C.

The Master of Arts in Technology and Communication is in full swing with a third class of students entering the program this fall. During a two-day orientation in mid-August, the 16 students in the third MATC cohort spent their time on campus getting to know classmates and MATC faculty, as well as learning tools essential for online student success and strategies for managing graduate school with home/work responsibilities.

The A.J. Fletcher Foundation has created a post-graduate fellowship for graduates of the UNC J-school and dedicated to reporting on education issues for WUNC.

David Bockino used a summer grant from the UNC Center for Global Initiatives to travel to India and launch a comparative study of the transition between journalism education and journalism practice.