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Creative computing
Entrepreneur Joe Puccio ’16 developed an app to help students plan their class schedule. Coursicle now has 400,000 users across the United States and Canada.A MythBusters approach to life
For up-and-coming astrophysicist Ben Kaiser, a desire to figure things out for himself has led to a career investigating the far reaches of our universe.Listening in
A senior in geography and history uses audio storytelling to enlighten and engage.Resilient mindsets
Biologist Daniel Matute studies a trait often found in our planet’s hardiest organisms: resiliency.Supporting ‘strivers’
Philosopher Jennifer Morton focuses on grit, resilience and effective ways to support disadvantaged college students.Mission always, people first
Alumna Lindsey Jefferies levels her wings, both in the cockpit and out.Unvarnished truth
Alumnus Elijah Heyward is guiding plans for the new International African American Museum on the site of the largest point of entry for enslaved people into the United States.Black Towns, Black Futures
Anthropologist Karla Slocum focuses on the historic and contemporary significance of Black communities.
Inside This Issue
Southern Futures: Diverse voices for a changing region. Also inside: Carolina Pivots; A Poet's Roots; Pandemic-inspired research and more. View a reader-friendly flipbook.

Letter From the Dean
Virtual greetings from the first-ever virtual issue of Carolina Arts & Sciences magazine.

Give to Carolina
The new Winston Family Initiative in Adolescent Brain Development and Technology, led by professor Mitch Prinstein, will put Carolina’s department of psychology and neuroscience at the forefront of brain development and technology research over the next three years.