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

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.

The new School of Civic Life and Leadership has appointed former Duke University professor Jed Atkins as dean and director and has designed a new multidisciplinary minor to offer students of all majors training in the humanities and civic and scientific literacy.

Graduate student Kimmy Hansen is analyzing the impact of future development on the tree canopy of Bald Head Island, a North Carolina barrier island that boasts the second-largest maritime forest in the state.

UNC faculty provide soldiers meaningful expertise in Asian language, culture and history.

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

The Charles M. Shaffer Jr. Distinguished Fellow in Philanthropy Fund, established in honor of a late Carolina alumnus and philanthropist, will support the work of the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program in pursuit of giving back.

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

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.

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.”