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School of Civic Life and Leadership debuts new minor
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.
The faces of AI
Roni Sengupta develops AI to modify images and works to make this technology more accessible to everyday creators.
Carolina innovator inducted into the National Academy of Inventors
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.
Helping college students thrive
A new paper takes a look at key outcomes after the first year of the “College Thriving” course in the new IDEAs in Action curriculum. We chatted with co-author Abigail Panter, senior associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences, about the research in this Q&A.
Two biologists win Chan Zuckerberg Initiative competitive neuroscience grant
Biologists Celia Shiau and En Yang at UNC-Chapel Hill have been awarded a competitive Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to tackle unsolved grand challenges in neurodegenerative diseases and fundamental neuroscience.
2024 University Teaching Awards honor 25 educators
The winners, selected from 677 nominations, represent “the best of what Carolina has to offer,” campus leaders said. Many of the winners are from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Computer science team uses AR to treat Parkinson’s
Their software and augmented reality headsets allow clinicians to analyze patient movement and guide physical therapy.
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