Menβs track and field and fencing teams won Atlantic Coast Conference championships this month, marking significant milestones for both programs. The menβs track and field team captured their first ACC indoor title since 1996 and the fourth… read more
UNC has recognized 25 members of the faculty and graduate teaching assistants with the 2024 University Teaching Awards. Founded in 1994, the annual awards recognize excellent teaching of undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate students. read more
A therapy dog has joined the UNC Police Department and will begin working with students, faculty and staff after she undergoes training. The as-yet unnamed female Goldendoodle puppy will work directly with Community Services Officer Destiny… read more
UNCβs applied physical sciences department will begin this fall offering a bachelorβs degree in applied physical sciences thatβs intended to connect engineering to liberal arts. The undergraduate degree is the first for the department,… read more
The first undergraduate program in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy launched in January with 13 students who are minoring in pharmaceutical sciences. The students are majoring in STEM-related fields and will be taught the core areas of… read more
President of the UNC System Peter Hans β91 has announced a 13-member search committee to find UNCβs 13th chancellor, with a high-ranking official in the School of Medicine heading the panel. Cristy Page β96 (β02 MPH, β02 MD),… read more
UNC has hired Jeffrey Bardzell of Pennsylvania State University as its new dean of the School of Information and Library Science. Bardzell, currently associate dean for faculty and graduate affairs in the College of Information Sciences and… read more
The School of Civic Life and Leadership has named four finalists to serve as dean of UNCβs newest school: Jed W. Atkins, Daniel DiSalvo, Thomas Merrill and Sarah Treul Roberts. Atkins is the E. Blake Byrne Associate Professor in Duke… read more
Michael Gerhardt, the Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of jurisprudence in the School of Law, has received the 2023 Thomas Jefferson Award. Created in 1961 by the Robert Earll McConnell Foundation, the award honors a UNC faculty member… read more
A Carolina alumna has been named mission commander for a NASA flight to the International Space Station later this year. Zena Cardman β10 (MS β14) will lead the mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with crewmembers Nick Hague,… read more