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Brian Lerch stands in front of an enlarged image of colorful beetles.

The Smorgasbord Scientist

Why do some organisms live in groups? What influences their cooperation with one another? How do they choose their mates? PhD student Brian Lerch has a lot of questions about ecology and evolutionary biology — and he strives to answer them using math.


Sayan Banerjee

Finding patterns in randomness

As a young man, Sayan Banerjee, assistant professor of statistics and operations, fell in love with the “poetic” side of mathematics.


Candles are illuminated on an altar table in front of a computer screen where a worship service is going on.

Old religions, new rituals

The pandemic has changed ways that some Jews and Christians practice their faith, says a Carolina religious studies expert.


A collage of book covers and people whose books were featured in Bookmark This in the last year, 2021.

Bookmark This: 2021 wrap-up

We featured 12 amazing books by College faculty and alumni across different disciplines in 2021. “Bookmark This” is a feature that highlights these books. Enjoy this wrap-up, where we collect all of the “Bookmark This” interviews from the past year.


Sandra Thiongo stands outside on campus.

From ATL to the well

Sandra Thiongo is Carolina’s first Peachtree Scholar. The psychology major and member of the Psych Club is determined to make the most of her college experience.


Two students work in the Lab of the Future, wearing masks and lab coats. A light casts a purple glow on them.

The Lab of the Future is here

The next-generation laboratory made for modern learning and chemistry laboratory training has arrived. The Lab of the Future sets the pace for the future of undergraduate laboratory spaces at Carolina Chemistry.


Mackenzie Collura Repp and Gabby Walton plant in the Carolina Community Garden.

Planting a “Sense of Place”

Together with American Studies professor Dan Cobb, undergraduate students learned the meaning of hands-on research over the last year and a half. They planted a garden inspired by their transcriptions of the diary of one of the 20th century’s most influential American Indian writers and intellectuals: D’Arcy McNickle.


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