UNCRS Category: Society

Beyond the Stacks

Kathryn Desplanque pulls a book from a shelf at Davis Library

Carolina’s libraries are vital for research, fueling projects across the university from art history to health science.

Creativity in Numbers

Keith Sawyer

Keith Sawyer teaches innovative thinking by studying the psychology of creativity in group settings.

Everywhere Chemical Exposure

Plastic toys in various colors are arranged to form the shape of a child's head and shoulders, while gray toy building bricks are used to depict the child's brain.

Stephanie Engel uses scans of children’s brains to study the developmental effects of chemicals widely used in plastic products called phthalates.

The Sciences of Schizophrenia

Rose Mary Xavier

Rose Mary Xavier uses her multidisciplinary background to improve research access and clinical care for patients with severe schizophrenia.

RUNC: Scott Duxbury

Scott Duxbury

Scott Duxbury uncovers vulnerabilities in online drug markets and the policing tactics to limit them.

An Unexpected Colleague

Mohammad Jarrahi looks at a mirror-image of himself made of numbers

Mohammad Jarrahi wants to create symbiosis between humans and AI to improve workplace processes.

Home Truths

an illustration of a homeless environment on the left and a home environment on the right

Hsun-Ta Hsu combines machine learning with data and community feedback to determine better housing solutions for homeless populations across the United States.

Questioning AI

Nine photos of Thomas Hofweber with a variety of backgrounds generated by Photoshop's generative AI feature

How will artificial intelligence change the world? This is just one of many questions philosopher Thomas Hofweber hopes to answer.