UNC Professor Takes Olympics History Class Across the Pond

Posted Aug 19, 2024
Matthew Andrews, a UNC Teaching Professor in the Department of History, began teaching History 220: The Olympic Games–A Global History in 2016. For the past two weeks, he has been in London and Paris with 19 UNC students to immerse themselves in the game’s history and promising future. "You can learn anything by studying the Olympic Games." (Chapelboro.com)

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