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A heart for the humanities

May 7, 2024

The Carolina history professor has spent nearly four decades sharing the enduring value of the humanities with audiences inside and outside the classroom. When students question Lloyd Kramer about the value of a humanities degree, the veteran professor of history responds succinctly: It prepares you for life.

Jocelyn Burney: Digging into the lives of ancient Jewish communities

April 4, 2023

Religious studies Ph.D. student Jocelyn Burney relishes the public humanities aspect of her graduate work — from contextualizing a pottery exhibit in Carolina Hall to teaching the Hebrew Bible at a Raleigh women’s prison to supervising the work of undergraduate students at an archaeological dig in Israel.

Nuclear war in Ukraine not likely

October 28, 2022

Despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s saber-rattling remarks, he won’t deploy atomic weapons, says retired Admiral Dennis Blair during his talk, “Contemporary Wars and America’s Strategic Position in the World.”

Treating teachers ‘like the scholars they are’

August 12, 2021

Forty K-12 teachers from across the state recently gathered in Hillsborough for an interactive learning retreat focusing on Tar Heel history. The conference was sponsored by the Carolina K-12 program in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Lights on the Hill

April 30, 2021

Lights on the Hill is a monthly photo feature highlighting College people who are putting service at the forefront as they help to keep the University going during the COVID-19 pandemic … and beyond. This month: Christie Hinson Norris, director of Carolina K-12.