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Digitally preserving Nepal’s ancient Swayambhu Temple

Last October, a team from UNC made up of Lauren Leve, an associate professor of religious studies, and Jim Mahaney, a research scientist in the department of computer science, traveled to Nepal to start the process of capturing the data needed to create an accurate 3D model of the Swayambhu Temple complex.


Students and band members and professor Marc Cohen stand side by side smiling and facing the camera.

English 105 students get ‘School of Rock’ experience

As part of teaching associate professor Marc Cohen’s writing and rhetoric course, they met a rock band and went to a concert.


The music score sheet to "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is in the shape of a map of the United States.

Musicologist makes case for national hymn

Carolina music professor Naomi André wants Americans to know more about the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”


Collage graphic: left: book cover, right: headshot of author Sarah Dempsey

Bookmark This

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts and Sciences faculty and alumni. The February featured book is “Organizing Eating: Communicating for Equity Across U.S. Food Systems” by Sarah E. Dempsey, associate professor of communication.


Hip-hop’s healing power

Two spring performances, both involving work by music professor Mark Katz, highlight the transformative power of hip-hop.


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The Process Series explores “Voices | Visions and Revisions” in its 16th season

The Process Series’ 16th season, “Voices | Visions and Revision,” will focus on the voices of the artists through whose eyes we see our world anew and the process through which those artists arrive at the works we see.


Lee Weisert plays a toy piano at home, where a full keyboard and microphone is set up to the side and his bed is behind him.

Lee Weisert goes behind the scenes on his ‘Recesses’ album

Lee Weisert chatted with the department of music about his new album ‘Recesses,’ the processes that made it and the people and places that inspired it.