ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is located in central North Carolina and is regularly recognized as one of the nation’s most beautiful college campuses. Since 2010, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has invested robustly in the interdisciplinary study of religion. Those commitments are articulated through a series of Multifaith Strategic Plans, including the current plan running from 2022-2030. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is home to a nine-member Religious Studies department with faculty expertise in religion represented in many other departments. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society works across campus and beyond to develop programming and support interdisciplinary research on the role of religion in society. Multifaith Scholars at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is recognized as one of the nation’s leading undergraduate research programs.

The 2025 On the Edge symposium was held in the Numen Lumen Pavilion on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Academic Village. “Numen Lumen” is ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s motto, Latin for “spiritual light and intellectual light.” The Numen Lumen Pavilion houses the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Center for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society and the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life.

The 2026 On the Edge symposium will be held in another space on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s campus, the newly dedicated Toshio Sato Commons in the Global Neighborhood. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ dedicated Sato Commons in honor of the first international graduate, Toshio Sato class of 1920.