Category: News

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 each month. This month we feature … Read more

Huang research group recognized for world-record solar module efficiency
Progress in Photovoltaics and the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released updated efficiencies for solar cells and UNC-Chapel Hill was recognized for the first time for the prestigious research accomplishment of world-record solar module efficiency.

PlayMakers Repertory Company announces first virtual benefit
“Will & Grace” star Debra Messing headlines staged reading of Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron’s “Love, Loss and What I Wore” based on the book by Ilene Beckerman.

College faculty on highly cited researchers 2020 list
Six faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences have been named among the world’s most highly cited researchers in their respective fields for 2020.

Winter 2020 graduate: Providing an academic view on battle rap
When Jordan Davis graduates this December from Carolina with a master’s degree in anthropology, he will leave having written the first academic thesis on contemporary battle rap.

Winter 2020 graduate: Taking baby steps to big goals
Senior Nicole Toms hopes to use her Carolina degree in environmental sciences to help others see the collective power of their baby steps around the issues that will save the … Read more

Winter 2020 graduate: Computer scientist and community builder
Charlie Helms made his mark at Carolina when he launched Black in Technology, a student organization dedicated to increasing Black and minority representation in computer science.

Winter 2020 graduate: An advocate for Asian American students
Senior April Bourommavong is a first-generation student who co-founded the Southeast Asian Student Association during her time at Carolina.

Winter 2020 graduate: Global traveler
Senior Lizzie Russler has worked around the world tackling challenges at the intersection of human rights and climate change. An internship at Sephora also confirmed her interest in sustainability issues.

Learning about the broader contexts of food
Focusing on topics ranging from North Carolina’s pork industry to school lunches, the College of Arts & Sciences’ “Southern Food Studies: Food and Race in America” course is causing some … Read more

How to practice gratitude? Notice. Think. Feel. Do.
Carolina psychologist Andrea Hussong writes about empathy and offers practical ways to practice gratitude in our lives.

Three College faculty named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Three faculty members of the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Innovative faculty enrich learning through global collaboration
Whether the subject is music, medical anthropology or the business of health care, UNC COIL courses connect students with the world.

Graduate students selected for Impact, Horizon awards
Graduate students and recent graduate alumni within numerous UNC-Chapel Hill programs earn honors for their research..

UNC-Chapel Hill joins international consortium to tackle the crisis of coral bleaching
New common framework developed by a team of top scientists will help research into climate-threatened ocean reefs around the world.

Two Tar Heels named Rhodes Scholars
Peter Andringa and Sarah Mackenzie are Carolina’s 50th and 51st Rhodes Scholars. The world’s oldest international fellowship award, the Rhodes Scholarship funds study at the University of Oxford in England.

Arts innovator Gage Tarlton debuts new play Nov. 28
Tarlton will present a virtual reading of his new play, “sons that wear dresses and mothers that love sweet potatoes.” “It’s about losing everything and moving forward anyway. It’s about … Read more

A renewed commitment to study the science of moral understanding
Through the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding, UNC-Chapel Hill scholars are undertaking critical and timely research to understand what drives intolerance and how to address it.

New gift endows and names the College of Arts & Sciences deanship
Craver family deanship will advance scholarship, discovery, strategic priorities.

Tools for change
A new learning initiative that launched this fall is engaging undergraduate students across the University in a transformative understanding of race, racism and racial equity — and equipping them with … Read more