Patrick Joseph Short, a junior at UNC, has been awarded a 2013 Goldwater Scholarship. Sophomore Anna-Lisa Doebley and junior Vishwajith Sridharan received honorable mentions. Short is the 40th Goldwater Scholar from Carolina since the program… read more
Outgoing Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has been named chair of a new National Research Council committee tasked with establishing and promoting a culture of safety in academic laboratory research. Thorp is among 13 academic and industry… read more
UNC’s new gender-neutral housing policy had a rocky beginning, and the unanimous approval of the Board of Trustees last November apparently isn’t the end of the issue. Three freshman senators have sponsored a bill in the N.C. General Assembly to… read more
Six employees have been selected by Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 to receive a 2013 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, one of the most coveted distinctions the University gives to faculty and staff. The late C. Knox Massey ’25 of… read more
UNC research has shown that children at risk of developing schizophrenia have brains that function differently than those not at risk. Brain scans of children who have parents or siblings with the illness reveal a neural circuitry that is… read more
The Republican majority in both houses of the N.C. General Assembly soon will be reflected in the makeup of the UNC System Board of Governors. The BOG now has 19 Republicans, 14 Democrats and two unaffiliated members; after new members take… read more
Parents may plead, cajole or entice their children to try new foods, but some kids just won’t budge. Now, new research from Carolina reveals that the reason these kids fear new foods has less to do with what’s on their plate and more to do with… read more
Nobel laureate Oliver Smithies has been named an inaugural fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy, which was created this year to recognize distinguished scientists whose contributions have propelled innovation and… read more
(Editor’s Note: This report accompanies “White House Whiteout,” the Endeavors department feature in the May/June 2013 issue of the Carolina Alumni Review.) Does it really reflect poorly on us busy 21st-century Americans that so… read more
Outgoing Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has been honored with the establishment of an endowment at the Carolina Center for Public Service to name and support the center’s Faculty Engaged Scholars program. “This endowment is an especially… read more