2021 Creativity Hubs winner announced
A Creativity Hubs award has been presented to the AI Accelerated Discovery of Solar Energy Materials Hub — an interdisciplinary team that will use artificial intelligence methods originally developed for pharmaceutical innovations to unlock advances in solar chemistry and solar fuel production. The team creates synergy between disciplines from the UNC College of Arts & Sciences departments of Chemistry, Physics, Applied Physical Sciences, Computer Science, and the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
College launches new earth, marine, and environmental sciences department
On July 1, the departments of geological sciences and marine sciences, together with the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, will merge into a single academic unit within the UNC College of Arts & Sciences, becoming the new Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences (EMES). The department will bring together more than 30 faculty, nearly 70 graduate students, and numerous postdocs and research and technical staff at labs and facilities in Murray and Mitchell halls on campus and at the coastal marine lab at Morehead City.
New data science minor to launch in Fall 2021
In Fall 2021, the Department of Statistics and Operations Research will introduce a data science minor — an important component of the pan-university data science initiative. Based in the UNC College of Arts & Sciences but open to all undergraduates, the program will introduce students to methods and applications that are used in basic and applied sciences, the humanities, social sciences, and other disciplines.