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Michael McFee sits in front of a bookshelf in an office.

Bookmark This

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni, published the first week of each month. This month’s featured book is “A Long Time to Be Gone” (Carnegie Mellon University Press) by poet Michael McFee.

Geoff Sayre-McCord teaches a philosophy class in 2018. Photo by Donn Young.

Philosophy professor Geoff Sayre-McCord makes the abstract accessible … and fun

The Thomas Jefferson Award winner’s “Geoffervescence” is “a tremendous asset to philosophy as an academic field.”

AAAS selects 4 faculty as fellows

College of Arts and Sciences and Gillings professors receive one of the most distinguished honors in the scientific community.

Group photo of the research team wearing matching blue windbreakers, on the front of the boat.

Behind the scenes of a Galapagos research expedition

In November 2022, a research team from the Center for Galapagos Studies embarked on a marine expedition to the Galapagos Islands. This photo essay allows a behind the scenes look at their trip.

DEI Funding Opportunities

Senior Associate Dean Karla Sloclum shared in a College-wide message that the Dean’s Office has three funding opportunities to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The projects that this funding supports will help fulfill two of the strategic plan priorities: Climate and Repair.

A view of water flowing through the Appalachian Mountains at the Highlands Biological Station.

Desperately Seeking Salamanders

Two undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences search for salamanders in western North Carolina — and find so much more.

An illustration of the interior of Jane Austen's writing room at Chawton Cottage. There's a portable writing desk, a chair, a bookcase, paintings on the wall, etc.

Jane Austen’s Desk

A new NEH grant will support UNC scholars’ creation of an immersive web environment designed to bring Jane Austen’s writing room — and her world — to life.