Illustration by Will Black, who graduated from Carolina in 2011 with degrees in fine art and history. Since 2017, Black has worked as an administrative support specialist in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Dean’s Office.  He is an avid traveler … Read more

The new neuroscience major is housed in the department of psychology and neuroscience but involves 10 academic departments. It builds on the success of the popular neuroscience minor. Isabel Marrero ’18 led a team of students who developed educational “escape … Read more

In fall 2017, UNC-Chapel Hill announced, as part of the kickoff of the Campaign for Carolina, that it was creating the UNC Institute for Convergent Science. With a feasibility plan completed and a collaborative innovation framework being developed and tested, … Read more

As dean, Kevin Guskiewicz is dedicated to keeping the College of Arts & Sciences “strategic, bold and student-focused.”

Visiting lecturer Tiber Falzett will share his love of an endangered language and traditions with Carolina students. Folklorist, scholar and musician Tiber Falzett is passionate about sharing the Scottish Gaelic culture and language and is excited about the opportunity to … Read more

Creative writing professor Randall Kenan, recently inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, is proud to be part of the “writingest state.” When Randall Kenan ’85 learned that he would be inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall … Read more

An early appreciation of rivers and lakes in his childhood home in Alaska fuels geologist Tamlin Pavelsky’s passion to understand water storage in lakes around the globe. How much water is stored on Earth’s surface? Tamlin Pavelsky, who is trying … Read more

For Avett Brothers’ cellist Joe Kwon, the music keeps calling him back. Joe Kwon ’02 believes in the connection between art and science, calling them “blood relatives.” Music is very mathematical, and there is beauty “in the spacing on a … Read more

Maddy Kameny had read research about the prejudice that African-American women often face when expressing their health concerns. But she found it nonetheless harrowing to hear a Dunn patient’s personal account. “She had extremely high pain levels, but her pain … Read more

When Meredith Emery accompanied geography researchers to photograph them conducting fieldwork, she couldn’t believe the amount of litter strewn along streambeds and forest lines. Now she’s sharing these images through a multimedia project blending art and science in an effort … Read more