Former lawyer Andrew Adair came to Carolina for a doctorate in mathematics, his first passion.

Anna Gatdula in the department of music is exploring the concepts of silence, sound and spectacle through her research of the operatic and film music of the American Atomic Age.

Geological sciences doctoral student Julianne Davis studies the movement of mud and sand through subarctic rivers and lakes

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is pleased to announce five finalists for this year’s Creativity Hubs seed-funding competition. The interdisciplinary teams include researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Bookmark This is a feature that highlights new books by College of Arts and Sciences faculty and alumni. This month’s featured book is “The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America,” by Katherine Turk, associate professor of history.

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.

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.

Roni Sengupta develops AI to modify images and works to make this technology more accessible to everyday creators.

Gregory Copenhaver, director of the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute for Convergent Science, has been named a 2024 senior member by the National Academy of Inventors in recognition of his work as both an innovator and a mentor to future inventors.

A new paper takes a look at key outcomes after the first year of the “College Thriving” course in the new IDEAs in Action curriculum. We chatted with co-author Abigail Panter, senior associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences, about the research in this Q&A.