Nine scientists from the University have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. The Carolina researchers are among 702 new fellows chosen for this honor,… read more
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and UNC’s School of Medicine are collaborating to create a physician assistant master’s degree program designed for returning military veterans with input from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command… read more
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has cited Carolina’s “stellar academics” at a bargain price in naming UNC — for the 12th time in a row — as the No. 1 value in American public higher education. In the new rankings,… read more
Myron S. Cohen, an acclaimed physician and researcher who has spent the past three decades studying the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, spoke to Carolina’s December graduates on Dec. 16. Cohen joined the UNC faculty in 1980 — the… read more
Two notable UNC scientists — Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 and Nobel Laureate Oliver Smithies — have been named charter fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a nonprofit organization that recognizes investigators who translate their… read more
An international research collaboration — led by scientists at UNC’s School of Medicine and the University of Dundee in Scotland — have developed a way to efficiently and effectively make designer drugs that hit multiple protein targets at… read more
Rachel M. Myrick of Charlotte, a Carolina senior, has won a Rhodes Scholarship, the world’s oldest and best known award for graduate study. Myrick, 21, was one of 32 Americans selected Saturday for the prestigious award, which funds study… read more
During a Carolina chancellor search 25 years ago — and after an exhaustive review that included interviews with 138 alumni, legislators, editors, students, faculty, University administrators, trustees and others — the review team issued a… read more
Late in 2011, Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 said he wasn’t ready to approve gender-neutral housing, saying trustees, parents, alumni and others might not fully understand what it was about. On Thursday, members of the Board of Trustees said… read more
Posted Nov. 15, 2012Read letters from readers or submit a letter. UNC in Group Offering Online For-Credit Undergrad Courses Carolina has joined a consortium of leading universities to… read more