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Pillar of Chapel Hill community leaves gift to College’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
The Seymour family has established the Dr. Robert E. Seymour Jr. Dean’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Fund.
Two adventurists create their legacy with undergraduate honors and study abroad scholarships
The Honors Carolina Scholarship Fund will provide four years of support to undergraduates in the College of Arts & Sciences.
Former Summer Bridge alumna pays it forward
Summer Bridge is a six-week transition program that helps incoming first-year students adjust to Carolina by providing academic enrichment, community building, and co-curricular and experiential learning activities.
Gap year fellowship provides a means for students to see and serve the world
Carolina parents Doug and Shawn Mackenzie, through their family foundation, have enabled the College of Arts & Sciences to partner with the Campus Y to support the Global Gap Year Fellowship.
‘The climate of our College community matters’
Karla Slocum became the College’s first associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion last July.
NEH grant will help develop critical games studies minor
Courtney Rivard’s NEH grant will support a yearlong curricular development and faculty training program on teaching with games. The grant will lead to the development of a critical games studies minor.
AAU award will support development of STEM teaching evaluation models
The Association of American Universities has selected five STEM departments at America’s leading research universities, including the department of biology to host demonstration projects in the evaluation of undergraduate teaching.
Economist forecasts omicron’s infectiousness
Building on statistical methods from econometrics Peter Hansen built a model to estimate the infectiousness of new COVID viral variants and better predict case numbers once a new variant emerges.
Sugar-coated test takes advantage of COVID-19’s sweet tooth
An interdisciplinary team led by scientists from UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of California, San Diego have designed a rapid and sensitive lateral flow assay that has the potential to become the gold standard for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Clemens named UNC’s chief academic officer
Chris Clemens, Jaroslav Folda Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, was named UNC provost — the University’s chief academic officer — in February.
Senior music and English major named Marshall Scholar
Kennedy Miller, a senior studying vocal performance and English, has been named Carolina’s 22nd Marshall Scholar.
#Throwback: IMS turns 75
The Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City (part of the department of earth, marine and environmental sciences) celebrates a 75th birthday this year!
Dean Terry Rhodes to retire in June 2022
Terry Rhodes, dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, will retire at the end of the academic year after a 35-year career at Carolina.
Four faculty inducted into national academies
Four College faculty members were recently inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.