The assistant vice chancellor for financial aid and scholarships at the University of California at Berkeley for the past five years has been selected as UNC’s new associate provost and director of scholarships and student aid. read more
The 4,254 first-year students expected to start classes this week were chosen from 35,875 applicants. An additional 779 students are arriving as transfer students. read more
The University has announced $495 million in commitments in fiscal year 2016, which ended June 30, marking the school’s best fundraising year in history and eclipsing fiscal year 2015’s previous record by nearly $50 million. read more
Shalane Flanagan ’05 runs with Amy Cragg in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in February. The two women “became a selfless team” while training and qualifying for the games, wrote Helene Elliott… read more
Gary L. Bowen ’76 (MSW), a decorated teacher and longtime faculty member in the School of Social Work who helped develop the school’s doctoral program, has been chosen its new dean. read more
Nilda “Nena” Peragallo Montano, dean and professor for the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, has been tapped to become dean of UNC’s School of Nursing in 2017. read more
Gloria Thomas had served since 2009 as director of the Center for the Education of Women at the University of Michigan. read more
The University has made it clear to the National Collegiate Athletic Association that the NCAA has overstepped its jurisdiction in its allegations against UNC over the handling of a long-running athletics-academics fraud case. read more
UNC’s School of Media and Journalism has won the 2016 national championship in the Hearst Journalism Awards competition, considered the Pulitzers of collegiate journalism. read more
Watch for these UNC Olympians in Rio, including Shalane Flanagan ’05, who qualified during the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in February. read more