The director and dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership talks with WCHL about its mission, courses and the importance of fostering a free speech culture.

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.

Carolina Public Humanities announced the creation of the Zietlow Civic Engagement Project in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.