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Global innovator Luoyi Cai enriches Chinese language learning at Carolina

“When I teach a language, I hope I do more than teach grammar and vocabulary,” said Luoyi Cai, teaching associate professor in the department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies. “I hope to open a new horizon of possibilities for my students.”

The Old Well surrounded by beautiful red flowers. Photo by Donn Young.

Seed grant for AI chatbot will help better track net-zero commitments

The UNC School of Data Science and Society awarded a seed grant to a UNC research team which plans to improve a fine-tuned large language model named ChatNetZero to better understand companies’ and governments’ net-zero commitments.

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Biology staff member honored for ‘herculean’ work

Massey Award winner Summer Montgomery ’81 is a student services specialist in the department of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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.

A closeup of Abel Abraham's face -- he's holding a syringe of water with a droplet of water coming out of it.

Drop by Drop

Senior Abel Abraham shares his journey from being a first-year student during the pandemic to becoming an award-winning mathematics major.

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Nineteen undergraduates selected as UNC Phillips Ambassadors for study in Asia

Nineteen undergraduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were selected as Phillips Ambassadors for study abroad programs in Asia this summer and fall. Scholarship recipients will study in Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

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Institute for the Arts and Humanities announces 2024-2025 faculty fellows

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities has announced the 2024-2025 Faculty Fellows. The Faculty Fellowship Program offers College faculty the opportunity to pursue artistic and scholarly projects that lead to publication, exhibition, composition or performance.

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