College of Arts and Sciences News Archive

UNC alum receives prestigious computer graphics achievement award

July 3, 2012 / Natural Sciences & Mathematics, News

UNC computer science alumnus Greg Turk (Ph.D. ’92) will receive the 2012 Computer Graphics Achievement Award from ACM SIGGRAPH at its annual conference in August. The award recognizes Turk for his contributions to physically inspired mathematical application in graphics, particularly his work on texture synthesis, geometric modeling and physical simulation involving thin structures. Much of […]

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UNC Ph.D. candidate wins Pushcart Prize for fiction

July 3, 2012 / Fine Arts & Humanities

Paul Stapleton, a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, has won a Pushcart Prize for Fiction for his short story, “The Fall of Punicea.” The story was published in the spring 2011 edition of J Journal: New Writing on Justice, the literary journal of John Jay College of Criminal

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Monumental synagogue building discovered in excavations in Galilee

July 2, 2012 / Fine Arts & Humanities, Global Programs, Undergraduate Education

A monumental synagogue building dating to the Late Roman and Byzantine periods has been discovered in archaeological excavations at Huqoq in Israel’s Galilee. The excavations are being conducted by Jodi Magness of UNC and colleagues at the Israel Antiquities Authority.

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People of the Book: Carl Ernst on reading the Qur’an

June 28, 2012 / Fine Arts & Humanities

For centuries scholars and theologians have debated the Qur’an’s confusing passages. But Carl Ernst says they’ve missed out on a key method for unlocking the book’s secrets.

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Valerie Lambert: Championing an honest portrayal of American Indians

June 26, 2012 / Carousel, Diversity, Fine Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Undergraduate Education

Anthropologist Valerie Lambert has heard many of the stereotypes about American Indians before. But instead of shying away from the misperceptions, Lambert, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation, encourages students to discuss them.

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‘An Iliad’ joins PlayMakers’ season lineup

June 25, 2012 / Fine Arts & Humanities

Obie Award-winner “An Iliad” will open PlayMakers Repertory Company’s 2012-2013 season Sept 5-9. PlayMakers, the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present “An Iliad” as part of its thought-provoking PRC2 second stage series, in which each performance is followed by artist-audience discussion. The one-man play completes the

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Liquidia Technologies and GSK collaborate on healthcare product development

June 25, 2012 / Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Liquidia Technologies, a biotech company based on the discoveries of UNC-Chapel Hill scientist Joseph DeSimone, has announced the initiation of a multi-year, collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), potentially worth several hundred million dollars. The efforts of the two companies as a result of this agreement could lead to the development of multiple life-saving healthcare products. GSK

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