(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Tough, tenacious, smart as a whip. That’s… read more
The GAA honored an administrator who oversees financial aid and three alumni on Saturday for outstanding service to the University and to the association. Recipients of the 2012 Distinguished Service Medals are Shirley Ort, associate provost… read more
President Barack Obama has nominated Emil J. Kang, executive director for the arts and professor of the practice of music at Carolina, to become a member of the National Council on the Arts. The National Council on the Arts advises the chair of… read more
Since the formation of the GAA in May 1843, your alumni association has served all of Carolina’s living alumni — now numbering nearly 285,000. We maintain detailed records on all of our alumni. Our class and affinity group reunions and… read more
Red flags raised during the UNC football program investigation led to a probe of the University’s department of African and Afro-American studies that has turned up what appears to be a multi-faceted web of academic fraud in which professors were… read more
One day years from now, a couple of successful UNC alumni might be sitting on a stage discussing their experiences as Tar Heels thanks to a scholarship from the Wake County Carolina Club. At the club’s fourth Old Well Celebration, which raises… read more
Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of chemistry at Carolina, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that a U.S. scientist or engineer can receive. DeSimone is one of 84 new members and 21… read more
For his groundbreaking research on treatment as prevention of HIV, Myron Cohen — professor of medicine, microbiology and epidemiology at UNC — has received the top honor of the inaugural Clinical Research Forum Top 10 Clinical Research… read more
The UNC School of Dentistry opened the doors to a new education and research facility that honors a generous alumnus and friend, Burlington businessman Maurice J. Koury ’48, on April 27. The Koury Oral Sciences Building, which adds 216,500… read more
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg advised Carolina’s class of 2012 to follow the lessons of Tar Heel basketball during Sunday’s Commencement ceremonies. Bloomberg’s message for success: Teamwork is everything. Assist others. Risks are necessary. read more