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Carolina AI Framework Gives Education Researchers a Powerful New Lens on Student Collaboration
March 10, 2026As part of the NSF AI Institute for Engaged Learning, a team from UNC Computer Science is leveraging advancements in AI to help researchers analyze collaborative problem solving in K-12 classrooms. The team has built an automated framework—called EngageVP—that can analyze the rich, multimodal data generated during collaborative learning activities, giving education researchers a powerful new instrument for studying how students learn together.
Trust SARHAchat with your reproductive health questions
March 4, 2026 | UNC CommunicationsComputer Science assistant professor Tianlong Chen and has been working with Kandyce Brennan from the UNC School of Nursing to create a socially responsible chatbot to provide health education without replacing clinicians.
Alumna Maegan Clawges ’15 is a creative force at Google, YouTube
February 23, 2026 | UNC College of Arts & SciencesWhen Maegan Clawges ’15 realized that community was the key to her confidence in coding, she wasted no time extending that network to other Tar Heels by founding Pearl Hacks, a hackathon rooted in inclusivity, creativity and mentorship. As Pearl Hacks celebrates its 12th anniversary this year, Clawges is hitting big milestones, too. Initially joining YouTube’s art department as the first creative engineer, she recently moved teams to help integrate AI into Google Search results. She shares how her time at Carolina shaped her early career.
Learning from Language Lab receives $160k for LLM research
February 18, 2026The Learning from Language Lab, led by Assistant Professor Shashank Srivastava, was awarded $160,000 by Coefficient Giving to pinpoint the neural circuitry that underpins human-like ‘Chain-of-Thought’ reasoning in large language models.
