Interdisciplinary faculty research designed to tackle compelling problems is finding support from the Institute for Convergent Science in the Genome Sciences Building on campus. The goal: Expediting the research-to-marketplace pipeline. The laser lab in Murray Hall. (photo by Donn Young) … Read more
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities’ Faculty Fellowship Program provides semester-long leaves for faculty to pursue research and creative work. In 2019, the institute announced it would award additional fellowships dedicated to faculty projects focusing on race, reckoning and … Read more
Chloe Russell (B.A. journalism and mass communication ’07), who was named associate dean for academic advising in September, says growing up in the Winston-Salem funeral home run by her family has been a seminal influence in her life. “A lot … Read more
$8 million gift to fund Abbey Speaker Series in the UNC Program for Public Discourse. A major gift from Nancy ’74, and Doug Abbey will foster meaningful public discourse about the most pressing issues of the day. Their $8 million … Read more
Ronit Freeman, an associate professor of applied physical sciences and biomedical engineering, is working with two interdisciplinary teams and received a total of $275,000 through the Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s COVID-19 Initiative: Detecting and Mitigating Epidemics. The main focus … Read more
Sarah Treul and Kevin Marinelli have been tapped to lead the UNC Program for Public Discourse. The program was launched in 2019 to bring together UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and students to build a stronger community by offering every student the … Read more
Heidi Kim, associate professor in the department of English and comparative literature, will lead the new Asian American Center at Carolina. Due to COVID-19, the Center opened virtually this fall, kicking off with several events, including a livestream conversation about … Read more
When classes once again shifted to remote delivery in fall 2020, faculty across the College of Arts & Sciences, with the help of technology and instructional learning experts, say they were better prepared for it — having worked diligently since … Read more
Haunting images, childhood memories, and both the joy and pain of growing up in the rural South fill the pages of award-winning poet Tyree Daye’s work. The teaching assistant professor of creative writing’s newest collection, Cardinal, explores themes of the … Read more
UNC alumnus William J. “Bill” Bynum leads a family of organizations aptly named HOPE that is working to strengthen some of the South’s most economically distressed communities. As a young boy growing up in the small community of Bynum, North … Read more
