Singer/songwriter Gillian Welch, known for her at-times dark Americana songs, was the first musician to be awarded the Thomas Wolfe Medal. The Thomas Wolfe Society and Carolina created the medal in 2000 to commemorate the birth of Wolfe, an alumnus (class of 1920) and author of novels such as “Look Homeward, Angel.”
Welch, Rawlings blend story and song during Thomas Wolfe Lecture Read More »
The College of Arts & Sciences will offer five new courses in spring 2019 to pilot-test a new core offering being proposed for the General Education curriculum. These broadly interdisciplinary courses expose students to new ideas, new modes of inquiry and essential skills.
New Ideas, Information and Inquiry courses explore broad topics across disciplines Read More »
Singer/songwriter Tift Merritt will receive a University Distinguished Alumna Award on University Day, Oct. 12. She is also the new performing artist-in-residence at Community Histories Workshop and will be working with CHW on the Dix Park project.
Tift Merritt and the lyrical language of history and place Read More »
To celebrate Carolina’s 225th birthday, artist Will Black created a collage of the University’s most iconic structures and landscape features. (Can you identify them all?)
Celebrating Carolina’s 225th Read More »
In 1793, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was founded as a bold experiment — an untested idea, built on the principles of lux, libertas – light and liberty. For 225 years, Tar Heels have paved the way to a better world for generations to come. We walk the unpaved road with curiosity,
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As the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill looks back on its 225-year history, the College of Arts & Sciences is also reflecting on the College of the past. Although the College of Arts & Sciences that we know today wasn’t formally established until 1935, a strong liberal arts education has been at the
Major Milestones in the College of Arts & Sciences Read More »
If there’s one thing Associate Dean for Instructional Innovation Kelly Hogan wants students and faculty to know, it’s that the Quality Enhancement Plan is for everyone.
Connecting, doing and making Read More »
Two first-year students — Grace Morse of New Orleans and Savannah Bradley of Charlotte — were awarded the 2018 Thomas Wolfe Scholarship, a full, four-year merit scholarship in creative writing in the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Two awarded Thomas Wolfe Scholarship in creative writing Read More »
Highly dynamic synthetic superstructures self-assemble, change stiffness of soft materials, then revert, while providing new clues on brain, spinal cord injuries and neurological disease. Associate Professor of Applied Physical Sciences Ronit Freeman helped to develop the work when she was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University.
New bio-inspired dynamic materials transform themselves Read More »
Triffin Morris has more than 20 years of experience costuming Broadway stars in some of the most well-known plays and musicals, including Wicked, Shrek,and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Well Said podcast with Triffin Morris of PlayMakers Repertory Company Read More »
