Category: Fine Arts & Humanities
Well Said: A profession of mythic proportions
On this week’s podcast, author and Carolina professor Daniel Wallace gives us a look into the life and the mind of a writer. Daniel Wallace wasn’t a voracious reader growing … Continued
Short Story Vending Machines Connect UNC Writers and Readers
The vending machines installed last spring around campus and the Chapel Hill community are serving up something different—short stories and poetry written by faculty, students, and staff, along with short … Continued
PlayMakers Repertory Company Presents Everybody, by 2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents “Everybody,” the award-winning, Pulitzer Prize finalist comedy directed by Orlando Pabotoy that asks us to consider: What is a life well lived?
Exploring the changing coast of North Carolina
Hard science and creative writing combine in a Carolina course that explores one of the state’s most magnificent treasures.
Science = Art
Let these winners from CHANL’s Scientific Art Competition inspire you to enter your own art.
Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni, published on the first Friday of every month during the academic year. … Continued
Inaugural class of Humanities Futures undergraduate fellows announced
The inaugural class of UNC/Mellon Humanities Futures undergraduate fellows has been announced as part of the Humanities for the Public Good initiative.
Focus Carolina: Sarah Stroud
Sarah Stroud, director of the Parr Center for Ethics and professor in the Department of Philosophy, is featured in a Focus Carolina interview.
The universal appeal of ‘A Christmas Carol’
On the 176th anniversary of its publication, experts on British literature and acting explain the enduring appeal of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”
Carolina alumni named Schwarzman Scholars
The master’s degree program supports study at China’s prestigious Tsinghua University and bridges the academic and professional worlds to educate students about leadership and China’s expanding role in the world.
Two alumnae named recipients of Marshall Scholarship
Anne Sutton, a 2018 graduate with degrees in music and geography, and Olivia Holder, who earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 2018, are Carolina’s 19th and 20th Marshall Scholars.
Six undergraduates selected as UNC Phillips Ambassadors for study in Asia
Six undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors for study abroad programs in Asia in 2020. Two scholarship recipients will study … Continued
New revelations in Nepal
An interdisciplinary team of Carolina researchers recently returned to the Himalayas to continue studying the effects of climate change on Buddhist holy lakes. A major goal: To retrieve data from … Continued
Bookmark This
Introducing Bookmark This, a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni, published on the first Friday of every month during the academic year. … Continued
Historian Matthew Andrews extends his hit streak with students
Historian Matthew Andrews discusses his path to teaching and success in connecting with students.
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Tony Award winning musical Ragtime
PlayMakers Repertory Company proudly presents “Ragtime,” the Tony Award-winning epic musical that captures the electric, chaotic, at once hopeful and desolate world that was America at the turn of … Continued
Researching the Limelight
When the actors of PlayMakers Repertory Company step onto the stage, they become someone new. Taking on a character is a science all its own — one that requires art, … Continued
Joining Forces: Unity in Art and the Orchestra
In the spring of 2019, Arts Everywhere launched the Student Arts Innovation Grant, awarded once a year to one undergraduate and one graduate student to create a work of art. … Continued
A Stitch in Time
Most of what you see at a theatrical performance can’t be purchased in a store. Each piece is specifically designed, created, and modified for the actor who will wear it … Continued
The Story of Southern Food with Elizabeth Engelhardt and Rebecca Darwin
Elizabeth Engelhardt and Rebecca Darwin discuss what defines southern food today and the important role food has in the humanities.