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Kathleen DuVal wins 2024 Cundill History Prize for her book “Native Nations”
UNC historian Kathleen DuVal is the 2024 winner of the Cundill History Prize for “Native Nations: A Millennium In North America” (Random House).

NC Humanities awards over $378,000 to support local history and storytelling projects
This year, NC Humanities awarded grants to 21 public humanities projects, including four involving College of Arts and Sciences faculty.

Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College people. The November featured book is “One Day I’ll Work for Myself: The Dream and Delusion that Conquered America” … Read more

Robotics work heralds ‘discovery factories’
Carolina scientists define lab automation and create AI that enables a robot to work beside humans.

Creative collaborators: This is not your parents’ math class
Mathematics faculty member Linda Green teamed up with graduate research consultant Connor Menzel to teach an interdisciplinary data analysis class.

Junior Orly Baum is a maker at Carolina
The music major encourages fellow Tar Heels to stretch their creative comfort zones at UNC’s makerspaces, too.

Teaching religion through a media lens
Eden Consenstein’s work focuses on the intersections of American religion, capitalism, consumerism and technology.

Creative collaborators: A symbiosis with the river
Led by geographer Gabriela Valdivia, a collaborative team is examining the impact of the construction industry on Ecuadorian communities along the Hollin River.

Go behind the scenes at Research and Discovery Fair
At the Oct. 23 event, many exhibitors within the College of Arts & Sciences will use drones, robots and music to pique undergraduates’ interest.

Creative collaborators: Nonprofit benefits from seniors’ research
Guided by a faculty leader, a public policy capstone team provided advice about strengthening N.C. communities’ disaster response efforts.

Small materials, big innovations
In collaboration with scientists and clinicians, Wubin Bai uses his expertise in materials science to develop next-generation medical devices.

UNC senior studies farmworkers’ healthcare experiences
Inspired by her family history, Michelle Gil Munoz has spent her undergraduate career exploring the intersections of — and disparities between — farm work and medical access.

Tuning in to data at Spotify
Haley Talton took her passion for data science from statistics classes at Carolina to her career at the world’s largest audio streaming service.

RUNC: Alex Worsnip
Alex Worsnip, professor in the department of philosophy, studies the rationality and irrationality of human thought and, more specifically, how both manifest in relation to politics.

Evaluating airline pricing strategies
UNC-Chapel Hill and University of Mississippi researchers are working with a North American airline to study the effectiveness of pricing strategies.

Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a monthly feature highlighting books by College people. This month’s featured book is “Truffles and Trash: Recirculating Food in a Social Welfare State” by Kelly Alexander, assistant … Read more

Shuford Innovators-in-Residence share experiences with students
The 2024-2025 cohort will offer mentorship and professional development opportunities for students in the entrepreneurship minor as they visit campus this year.

Biology professor helps build 1,000 microscopes for NC schools
Carolina professor Bob Goldstein has led DIY microscope workshops across the state for nearly a decade.

Nine researchers awarded Arts and Humanities Research Grants
The funding provides support to scholarly, creative, or artistic pursuits and research projects led by individuals or teams.

Emerald Izuakor discovered Andalusian life through the eyes of Spanish poets
A Robinson Honors Fellowship allowed the senior to study the food and landscapes of Spain that inspired famous works of literature.