A team led by UNC professor Jodi Magness uncovered mosaic panels depicting episodes of the biblical prophet Samson as well as Noah’s Ark in a late Roman-era synagogue in Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s lower Galilee. Magness,… read more
Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action could no longer be used in university admissions, UNC is taking steps to expand student access. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz stated in an announcement on July 7 that Carolina will… read more
UNC students can begin taking courses toward a master’s of applied data science degree in January 2024. This new, primarily online degree is in partnership with the Graduate School, the Office of Digital and Lifelong Learning and 2U, a… read more
Penny Gordon-Larsen, formerly UNC’s interim vice chancellor for research, has been appointed to the position permanently effective immediately. As the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition, Gordon-Larsen has served in… read more
In April, the General Alumni Association Board of Directors named Veronica Flaspoehler ’08 the fifth president of the association. She succeeds Doug Dibbert ’70, who after nearly 41 years at the helm, retired in May. Flaspoehler grew up… read more
This article was updated at 2:39 p.m., June 29, 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down admissions programs at UNC and Harvard University that relied in part on racial considerations, saying they violate the 14th Amendment’s… read more
Four UNC faculty members have received Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards for the 2023–2024 academic year. The awards will allow professors Patrick Davison, Anthony Hackney ‘03, Carissa Hessick and Pamela Lothspeich to teach and conduct… read more
The School of Education recently received a $2.27 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund a project to increase the number of school counseling graduates working in rural elementary and middle schools across the state. Helping… read more
A Carolina alumna who is currently at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business has been chosen as the new dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Mary Margaret Frank ’92 (’92 MAC, ’99 PhD), senior associate dean for… read more
The University’s Naval Armory building, scheduled for demolition, has received a boost to save it. The building has been slated to be torn down to make way for modern science facilities. But after pleas from some alumni and politicians not… read more