April 2019

Short story ‘vending machines’ come to Carolina as part of Arts Everywhere Day

Seniors Elina Rodriguez and Hampton Smith use a vending machine that dispenses short stories on April 5 in South Building. (Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)

The machines, which have been installed in various locations on campus, deliver fiction and poetry from Carolina writers. The installation is a collaboration between Arts Everywhere, UNC Press, the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of English and Comparative Literature, and publishing company Short Edition.

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20th Celebration of Undergraduate Research April 24

(photo from the 2018 Celebration of Undergraduate Research by Kristen Chavez) Photo shows a student presenting her poster.

The Celebration of Undergraduate Research is a research symposium held at UNC-Chapel Hill each April. The goal of the celebration is to showcase and encourage meaningful UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate research in all disciplines.

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When robots commit wrongdoing, people may incorrectly assign the blame

A new article by UNC researchers in Trends in Cognitive Sciences explores how the human moral mind is likely to make sense of robot responsibility. (photoof a robot staring at the camera by Alex Knight via Unsplash)

Last year, a self-driven car struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona. The woman’s family is now suing Arizona and the city of Tempe for negligence. But, in an article by UNC researchers published on April 5 in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, cognitive and computer scientists ask at what point people will begin to hold self-driven vehicles or other robots responsible for their own actions — and whether blaming them for wrongdoing will be justified.

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Carolina honors 11 for public service

Pink Dogwoods bloom in front of the Old Well in early spring on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Disaster preparedness trainings, pro bono legal assistance and a performance program for children with autism were some of the projects recognized at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s 2019 Public Service Awards celebration on April 1. The annual event is hosted by the Carolina Center for Public Service. College of Arts & Sciences people and programs were among the winners.

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