Two founders of nonprofits aimed at improving lives in Africa and a military officer who as a student led efforts to establish an Army ROTC unit at UNC have been honored with the GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni Awards for 2014. Dr. Rajesh… read more
About two years ago, Wilson Library added more copies of Carolina’s yearbook to its digital archive. Now the question is: Will there be any more to add to it? The Review reported two years ago that the 2011 Yackety Yack… read more
Six global and area studies centers at Carolina will receive approximately $9.1 million in competitive federal Title VI grants over the next four years. The money is split between two programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education —… read more
University Day 2014 was highlighted with the presentation of Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards to five alumni. The award recognition, a practice begun by the faculty in 1971, recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions to… read more
The Orange County district attorney has dropped charges against Jennifer Wiley Thompson ’09, who was one of the first figures to surface in investigations of the relationship between academics and athletics at UNC that started four years… read more
Recognized once again as one of the leading global public research universities, the University tied for 46th among the top universities in the world, up one spot from last year, in the London-based Times Higher Education World University… read more
UNC’s Department of Athletics spent $104,464 per varsity athlete in 2013-14, which puts Carolina in the lowest quartile among four comparison groups. Athletics generated $83 million in revenues for the year, more than most ACC schools but less… read more
Carolina has been selected to help the U.S. once again be first in the world in college graduates. Abigail Panter, senior associate dean for undergraduate education and a psychology professor, will receive $3 million over four years to… read more
Faculty at the University brought in $792.7 million in research contracts and grants in fiscal 2014, up $14.9 million from the $777.8 million total in fiscal 2013. The largest sources of funding for Carolina’s research enterprise in… read more
The University Committee on Teaching Awards is seeking nominations from alumni, students, faculty and staff members for several campuswide awards that will honor professors and graduate teaching assistants in a variety of categories. The… read more