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A UNC student looks into a 3D printer. Inside the printer, a purple cylindrical object made of filament has just been printed.

Cloud-based printing comes to Carolina’s makerspaces

BeAM — UNC’s makerspace network — has rolled out 3DPrinterOS, a remote printer operating system that will allow makers to print from anywhere on campus.

A storied history

How do Asian American authors from the South use writing to reconcile their intersecting identities? Junior Britney Hong sought to find out through her Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

Levi Tox holds a skateboard, which is about three feet in length and features a blue snake design. On the table in front of him is another skateboard he created, a sander and three bottles of paint.

A maker mindset

Senior Levi Tox has been a maker since high school. This summer, he used his expertise to create an efficient — and fun — way to get to campus with … Continued

Emma Fagerberg stands on the balcony of Hinton James residence hall on UNC's campus.

Making Carolina feel like home

Emma Fagerberg, a senior psychology and biology major, and her fellow resident advisors help new Tar Heels make Carolina their home.

An interview with Snigdha Chaturvedi

Chaturvedi is an assistant professor of computer science in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. She studies natural language processing — how computers understand human languages.

Colleen McCann stands in front of a dramatic staircase. She wears a dark green suit.

An interview with senior Colleen McCann

The Tar Heel studies proteins to diminish diseases, such as heart failure and Alzheimer’s disease. Learn more about her in this Q&A with UNC Research.

Inside Puma’s performance lab with senior Jordan Feldman

The biomedical and health sciences engineering student in the College is putting her skills to work this summer as a member of Puma’s Footwear Innovation team.

Varun Potlapalli stands in front of the Old Well. A graphic overlaid on top of the image reads #GDTBATH Varun Potlapalli

Chancellor’s Science Scholar Varun Potlapalli has eyes on his future

The rising senior and biochemistry major spent this summer shadowing doctors and attending grand rounds at UNC Hospitals to prepare for his MD-Ph.D. program post-graduation.

“Think. Communicate. Collaborate. Create. …for meaningful lives.”

Dean’s message

Welcome to the College of Arts and Sciences, the place many call the heart and soul of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Phillips Ambassador students gather for a group picture in formal attire

Sixteen undergraduates selected as UNC Phillips Ambassadors for study in Asia

Sixteen undergraduate students and one Ph.D. student from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were selected as Phillips Ambassadors for Summer and Fall 2022 study abroad programs across … Continued

Maria Palmtag sits at a table in the BeAM makerspace surrounded by stuffed animals.

Rising senior Maria Palmtag is helping to enhance BeAM’s textile program

A maker throughout her entire undergraduate career, Palmtag is using her extensive knowledge of makerspace tools to enrich the creative experience for Tar Heels to come.

Chemistry’s Zhukhovitskiy wins prestigious U.S. DOE Early Career Award

Chemist Alex Zhukhovitskiy has won an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy. DOE awarded $110 million for groundbreaking research by 83 early career scientists this year.

Students participate in a Maymester drama course that focused on writing half-hour comedies for television on May 25, 2022, at the Gillings Center for Dramatic Art on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this image, (from left) junior Tara Ghorpadkar and sophomore Marion Dewey joke around after filming a scene. Ghorpadkar was the director and Dewey was the writer for the scene. (Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Maymester course turns Tar Heels into scriptwriters

Students in Maymester’s “Writing for the 30-Minute Comedy” course collaborated with Tar Heels from “Acting for the Camera” and “Directing for the Camera” to write and produce scenes for a … Continued

pecan shortbread on a blue plate with coffee granita in little gold bowls surrounding it.

Pecan Polvorones (Pecan Shortbread) with Coffee Granita by Sandra A. Gutierrez

A recipe from Edible North Carolina: A Journey across a State of Flavor, edited by Marcie Cohen Ferris.

A collage of images of fresh veggies and flowers, all from the Carrboro Farmers Market (photos by Baxter Miller)

Bookmark This

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni, published the first week of each month. This month’s featured book: “Edible … Continued

Carolina’s newest distinguished professors

The University has awarded distinguished professorships to more than four dozen faculty in eight schools and the College of Arts & Sciences.

Samba Camara sits in his office with a camera in the foreground and his computer in the background.

Preserving endangered Islamic manuscripts

Scholars from the department of African, African American and diaspora studies and a University Libraries digitization specialist traveled to Senegal and Mali to preserve and digitize 6,000 pages of handwritten … Continued

Logan Brackett holds a plaque awarded to him as the 2021-2022 Award in Management recipient.

Biology department’s Logan Brackett earns College’s 2021-2022 Award in Management

Logan Brackett received the 2021-2022 Award in Management in the College of Arts & Sciences for his outstanding accomplishments

From left, Sheila Kannappan and Mugdha Polimera.

Astronomers find hidden trove of massive black holes

Scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill, led by faculty-graduate student team Sheila Kannappan and Mugdha Polimera, have found a previously overlooked treasure trove of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies that offer a glimpse into the … Continued

College of Arts & Sciences awards $36,000 in grants to support DEI initiatives

The College of Arts & Sciences awarded 13 academic departments a total of $36,000 in grants to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion

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