June 2018

Interdisciplinary neuroscience major launches in fall 2018

A student sits with a clear plastic-type showercap on his head in the neuroscience class of Marsha Penner. Another student is using a magic marker to make marks on the cap.

The College of Arts & Sciences is launching a new interdisciplinary major in neuroscience, drawing on the strengths of 10 academic departments —biology, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, chemistry, computer science, exercise and sport science, mathematics, physics and astronomy, psychology and neuroscience, and statistics and operations research.

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Economics professor to co-lead $50 million blockchain research initiative

The graphical image shows a giant computer laptop screen with a purple keyboard and one man standing and facing the computer laptop and another man sitting down with his tiny laptop on top of the big laptop. The letter "B" with lines through it to look like the money symbol sits in the very center of the giant laptop. The image is meant to represent digital currency.

Eric Ghysels, Edward Bernstein Distinguished Professor of Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences and professor of finance at Kenan-Flagler Business School, will co-lead a new research initiative to support academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.

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