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First-year MFA students who participated in the "Ram's Tales" album project; this photo by AhDream Smith serves as the album cover.

Storytelling and service

First-year MFA students in Gwendolyn Schwinke’s spring voice and speech class used their acting skills for good to produce an online album of international folk tales for UNC Children’s Hospital.

Zombie eyes on a green screen with the words: "Zombie eyes have rendered me powerless"

Meaning behind the monsters

Brendan Thornton lures students into his class with zombies, vampires and demons, then hits them with the serious stuff.

The Love House and Hutchins Forum, home of the Center for the Study of the American South, at dusk. (photo by Donn Young)

New Southern Futures podcast to explore the diverse and changing region of the South

The College of Arts & Sciences and the Southern Futures initiative announce the launch of Southern Futures, a podcast to reimagine the American South. The first episode, “The Push and Pull of the South,” features poet Tyree Daye.

shot of the bell tower at an angle with a beautiful blue sky and orange and yellow flowers in the foreground

College of Arts & Sciences recognizes 12 new distinguished professors

Congratulations to the 12 faculty who were recently appointed distinguished professors or distinguished term professors in the College of Arts & Sciences. Their new appointments take effect July 1.

The Thomas Wolfe Memorial on the UNC campus.

Jenna Gartland awarded 2020 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship

Incoming first-year student Jenna Gartland has been awarded the 2020 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a full, four-year merit scholarship in creative writing in the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.

M. Randal O'Wain is pictured on the left with his book cover Meander Belt on the right

Bookmark This

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts & Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s book: “Meander Belt: Family, Loss and Coming of Age in the Working-Class South” by Matt Randal O’Wain.

Photo of Old Well with campus seal in the foreground by Donn Young

A Message from Dean Rhodes

This has been a deeply painful and disturbing week for our nation, with the video that has emerged of George Floyd and his horrible death in police custody in Minneapolis.