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A new era of AI

Artificial intelligence has been around for decades, but it is now more powerful than ever. While AI presents copious challenges, many UNC students and researchers are embracing it in their work.

A new era of AI

Artificial intelligence has been around for decades, but it is now more powerful than ever. While AI presents copious challenges, many UNC students and researchers are embracing it in their work.

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Lloyd Kramer stands in front of slides with art paintings on them as he teaches a Modern European History class. (photo by Donn Young)

A heart for the humanities

The Carolina history professor has spent nearly four decades sharing the enduring value of the humanities with audiences inside and outside the classroom.

Scott Nurkin stands, arms crossed, in front of the Elizabeth Cotten mural.

If these walls could sing

Scott Nurkin celebrates North Carolina’s contributions to the American songbook by painting murals of legendary musicians in their hometowns.

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Magazine cover of the spring '24 issue features an artsy face in profile with different-colored gears coming out of the head. It is an AI-generated image. Headlines include: "Embracing AI at UNC, Art writ large for music, A humanist at heart, Jenny Han talks Carolina."

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Tar Heels Up Close

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Jenny Han stands, with hands on hips, smiling at the camera.

XO, Jenny Han

Zack Hall crosses his arms and stands in front of rows of mainframes and computers

Mentors, matter

Headshot of Caroline Hoover

Fighting for rural health care access

Annette Lawrence has her hands in her pockets in the arboretum on UNC's campus

‘Making and unmaking’

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Chapter & Verse

Bees land on purple flowers

Wonders never cease

Ross White, teaching assistant professor and director of the creative writing program in the department of English and comparative literature, shares a new poem from his debut poetry collection, “Charm Offensive.”

An open book with a small flower sitting in the center sits beside a white coffee cup on a table. Spring trees are in the background.

Cozy up to a good read: More books from College faculty and alumni

In addition to our Chapter & Verse feature poem, enjoy more books by faculty and alumni in the spring 2024 issue.

The Scoop

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Members of the book club stand lined up side by side outside in a field, facing the camera.

Lives guided by great books

The new Weldon Thornton Memorial Teaching Award and Society will affirm the central place of the humanities in the arts and sciences tradition that has long defined a Carolina education.

Two students work together at a table solving an engineering problem.

Two new degrees offered in applied sciences, data science

The department of applied physical sciences will offer its first undergraduate degree this fall. The College will also offer a new B.A. in data science; the B.S. will be in the School of Data Science and Society.

Mark Katz sits cross-legged on a table in the UNC Beat Lab, surrounded by beat-making equipment.

Celebrating 10 years of hip-hop cultural diplomacy program

Mark Katz, the John P. Barker Distinguished Professor of Music, founded the Next Level initiative to build a global community through hip-hop culture.

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Finale

My semester in Japan

UNC senior and Phillips Ambassador Xenia Weakly documents her transformative semester in Japan. She learned through her study abroad experience that it is “all the more essential for us to learn about those who are different from ourselves.”

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