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APS courses on careers put a future in focus for a physics phenom

Ph.D. student Allen Wood is planning his future career through the department of applied physical sciences’ required courses, which help students take ownership of their path forward.


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.


Tom Kenan ’59 (center) with (from left) Robert Baynard, Lawrence Gray ’86, Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Vice Chancellor for Development Mike Andreasen.

Carolina honors Tom Kenan for lifetime of giving and service

Kenan becomes the first recipient of the Lux Libertas Philanthropy Award.


Headshots of Laura Mersini-Houghton and Karin Pfennig with their names and departments listed below. Laura works in the department of physics and astronomy. Karin works in the department of biology.

Two professors named newest ‘Working on Women in Science’ initiative scholars

Professors Laura Mersini-Houghton in the physics and astronomy department and Karin Pfennig in the biology department will serve two-year terms as WOWS Scholars and receive annual grants to pursue initiatives of their choosing.


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Bookmark This

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni. The March featured book is “Master Plans and Minor Acts: Repairing the City in Post-Genocide Rwanda” by Shakirah Hudani, assistant professor in the department of African, African American and diaspora studies.


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Jed Atkins named inaugural director and dean of College’s School of Civic Life and Leadership

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Jed Atkins, the E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Duke University and director of Duke’s Civil Discourse Project, as the inaugural director and dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership.


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Carolina research takes the world stage

Message about tech use and teens’ well-being connects during World Economic Forum.


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