Carolina’s coach said he couldn’t be prouder of the “intellectual studs” who won the intercollegiate championship.

A major gift from UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus Stephen H. Israel ’66, Vice Chairman Emeritus of Korn Ferry, will provide full Honors Carolina scholarships for undergraduate students pursuing a major in the humanities.

Last October, a team from UNC made up of Lauren Leve, an associate professor of religious studies, and Jim Mahaney, a research scientist in the department of computer science, traveled to Nepal to start the process of capturing the data needed to create an accurate 3D model of the Swayambhu Temple complex.

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts and Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s featured book is “The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America,” by Katherine Turk, associate professor of history.

As part of teaching associate professor Marc Cohen’s writing and rhetoric course, they met a rock band and went to a concert.

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni. The March featured book is “Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda” by Shakirah Hudani, assistant professor in the department of African, African American and diaspora studies.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Jed Atkins, the E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University and director of Duke’s Civil Discourse Project, as the inaugural director and dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership.

UNC-Chapel Hill will offer two new undergraduate degree programs with classes starting fall 2024. The B.S. in Data Science degree will be in the School of Data Science and Society, while the B.A. in Data Science degree will be in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Civic Life and Leadership has created a new minor in civic life and leadership with courses designed to provide students with interdisciplinary training in civics, the humanities and scientific literacy.

Gregory Copenhaver, director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute for Convergent Science, has been named a 2024 senior member by the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of his work as both an innovator and a mentor to future inventors.