News and Features
Andrew Perrin named next director of Institute for the Arts and Humanities
Professor Andrew J. Perrin has been named the next director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, effective July 1. He will succeed Mark Katz, who completes his IAH term at the end of the spring 2019 semester.
PlayMakers Repertory Company announces 2019-2020 season
The celebration of UNC-Chapel Hill’s 100-year history of playmaking continues with fresh perspectives, new works and relevant classics from the theater company based in the College of Arts & Sciences.
‘Triple I’ courses teach the power of interdisciplinary thinking
“Health and Happiness” and “Death and Dying” are two of five “Ideas, Information and Inquiry” courses, also called “Triple I” or “III” for short, that are being pilot-tested in spring 2019.
PlayMakers presents Paula Vogel’s ‘How I Learned to Drive’
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, “How I Learned to Drive” by Tony Award-nominated playwright Paula Vogel. The production, directed by Lee Sunday Evans, will run from April 3 to 21, 2019.
Virtual archaeology tour brings campus history to life
The Research Laboratories of Archaeology created a walking tour to show the dozen places on campus where archaeologists excavated and made discoveries about life before the University’s founding and during its first 100 years.
Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz: ‘strategic, bold and student-focused’
Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz reflects on his first month on the job and shares his energy and excitement for leading Carolina, a place he describes as “passionately public.”
Interdisciplinary team discovers double helix structure in synthetic macromolecule
Researchers have discovered that a high-strength polymer called “PBDT” has a rare double helix structure, opening possibilities for use in a variety of applications.