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Beautiful red flowers surround the side of the Old Well with a view across Cameron Avenue of South Building.

Congratulations to our award-winning College faculty and staff

The College of Arts and Sciences celebrates the dozens of talented faculty and staff who received awards and honors during the spring semester.


Jennifer Wu stands outside facing the camera.

Lifelong learner finds personal renaissance

After years of working in the business world, Jennifer Wu earns a doctorate in art history from Carolina.


Carrina Macaluso is a graduating senior majoring in music -- she stands on the stage in Hill Hall throwing her graduation cap in the air.

That’s a Cap!

Undergraduate researchers from Carolina’s 2024 graduating class share how research has shaped their college experience.


Janet Vitolo stand in the middle of campus holding books while blurred images of fellow students walking surround her.

After a 54-year break, she’s graduating

Janet Hoffmann Vitolo, who left Carolina after her junior year in 1970, just completed her bachelor’s degree.


Jenna Gartland at the arboretum

Thomas Wolfe Scholar reflects on her time as a Tar Heel

At Carolina, senior Jenna Gartland studied creative writing and communication and helped create opportunities for queer performance by founding a new student group


The Old Well, with South Building in the background and a tree branch in bloom in the foreground.

Kumarini “Kumi” Silva named Royster Distinguished Professor for Graduate Education

Silva, an associate professor in the department of communication, brings goals of expanding the annual Royster Global conference and developing a new interdisciplinary first-year seminar to her new role.


Three women sit at a desk with a bookcase behind them facing the camera.

Humanities studio supports interdisciplinary, community-building work

A new initiative in the College of Arts and Sciences called the Arts and Humanities Grant Studio is enhancing the support of scholarly activity among humanists and humanistic social scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill.