Issue: Fall 2016
Stories
PlayMakers at 40 revisits The Crucible (event spotlight)
In 1976, PlayMakers Repertory Company became the professional theater-in-residence on the UNC campus and brought Arthur Miller’s gripping play, The Crucible, to life.
A heart for the humanities
In late August, Carolina heralded the arrival of 4,254 first-year students at an evening convocation in Carmichael Arena.
All-Purpose Rub
Many rub recipes are for particular kinds of meat, but here’s an all-purpose rub that’s good with everything from chicken to pork, beef to bologna. Shoot, it’s even good on popcorn.
Turn the Page: More books by College faculty and alumni
More books by College faculty and alumni for fall 2016.
Welcome to the Mind Club
UNC psychology and neuroscience assistant professor Kurt Gray and co-author Daniel Wegner’s new book is “The Mind Club: Who Thinks, What Feels, and Why it Matters” (Penguin Group, 2016). Gray and the late Harvard University psychology professor discuss what it means to have a mind and who (or what) belongs in “the mind club.”
Cohen named assistant dean for facilities
J Cohen became assistant dean for facilities, space resource planning and capital projects in the College of Arts and Sciences on July 1.
New mosaics discovered in Galilee excavations
Excavations this past summer in the Late Roman (fifth century) synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee, have revealed stunning new mosaics that decorated the floor.
UNC among top five public universities for 16 years
For the 16th year in a row, UNC-Chapel Hill placed fifth among national public universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” rankings, published Sept. 13.
Listen in to new UNC podcasts
Grab your headphones and tune in to new podcasts from UNC-Chapel Hill, the Institute for the Arts and Humanities and the Southern Oral History Program.
‘That fearless spirit of innovation’
On May 19, Joseph DeSimone’s years of innovative and beneficial work in material science was honored by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
Transforming graduate education in the humanities
UNC-Chapel Hill is one of 28 universities taking part in a major national initiative to transform graduate education in the humanities.
A Lost Colony find
Archaeologists recently uncovered a clue that doesn’t shed light on what happened to the colonists of the Lost Colony, but it may reveal more about their life on the island.
Isolated coral reefs are not healthier
For the world’s coral reefs, the picture keeps getting gloomier. Although it’s widely assumed that both local and global factors are contributing to their decline, new research shows that isolated reefs far from human activities are in fact not healthier than those in more densely populated areas.
#Throwback (fall 2016)
An audience gathers for a car concert outside Hill Hall in the 1970s.
$7.5 million bequest will fund new professorships
A bequest estimated at $7.5 million from an anonymous donor will establish three or more distinguished professorships in the College of Arts and Sciences.