Social Sciences
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Commemoration and connection in Warren County
The community engagement work of Glenn Hinson, an associate professor of anthropology and American studies, and UNC-Chapel Hill students continues to expand our knowledge of racial violence and its legacy in Warren County and elsewhere in North Carolina.

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.

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.

Bookmark This
Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College faculty and alumni. The May featured book is “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America” by Kathleen DuVal.

Kalleberg elected to National Academy of Sciences
Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology Arne Kalleberg in the College of Arts and Sciences has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

UNC historian tapped for National Humanities Center fellowship
Professor of History John Wood Sweet was among 31 scholars awarded National Humanities Center fellowships for the 2024-2025 academic year. Sweet was the only researcher from UNC-Chapel Hill to receive a fellowship.

Austin Vo’s graduate research has taken him around the world
The sociology Ph.D. student spent time in France to study “indigenous responses to French colonialism,” he shared, and is continuing his research in Vietnam and Senegal this year.