Excellence Funds - Arts and Sciences Foundation

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Seeds of Ingenuity

Powered by gifts to the Arts and Sciences Fund, the Dean’s discretionary fund, the College of Arts and Sciences has launched a new Seed Funding Program in the Office of

In October 2018, Cemil Aydin (fourth from left) spoke at the Syria in Transition event held by Carolina Public Humanities and the Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Islamic Studies. Aydin was joined by Hiba Alzouby Pharm.D. ’21 (fourth from right) and Kamel Alachraf (second from right) as well as several Syrian refugees for a panel discussion about the global significance of the Syrian war and refugee migration.

Supporting Outstanding Faculty

Forty-six percent of College faculty receive some form of philanthropic support. Cemil Aydin, professor of history and religious studies, is one such faculty member. Aydin was the recipient of the

Fenaba Rena Addo, associate professor of public policy.

Growing Faculty Excellence

“The Huntington Hobbs Jr. Endowment Fund for Faculty Excellence provided me with the resources to pursue my research goal,” said Addo, who was able to purchase books, attend conferences to

Laura Moore conducts fieldwork on the North Carolina coast. (photo by Mary Lide Parker)

Geological Sciences Faculty Benefit from Former Graduate Student’s Gifts

Elijah White, M.S. ’84, gives annually to both the Dr. John M. Dennison Faculty Excellence Fund in Geological Sciences and the Arts and Sciences Fund.

Keely Muscatell studies how psychological experiences influence what happens in the immune system, a field called psychoneuroimmunology. (photo by Alyssa LaFaro; illustration by Corina Cudebec)

Supporting Innovative Research Through Seed Funding

Ann Cowan ’75 and the Cowan Family Foundation established the Ann Rankin Cowan Excellence Fund for High-Impact Research to provide seed funding for faculty in the early stages of innovative

Bringing Sociology to the Business World — and Beyond

Lindsay Guzowski (M.A. sociology ’04) credits her time and experiences at UNC-Chapel Hill with setting her on the path to where she is today.