12.22.11 | Faculty, Research, University Achievements
An HIV prevention research study led by UNC Professor Myron S. Cohen has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science. The study, HIV Prevention Trials Network 052, evaluated whether antiretroviral drugs can…
Laurence Alvin Lovette will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for the kidnapping, robbing and murdering of Eve Carson ’08. A jury deliberated for about three hours after hearing testimony for seven and a… read more
Civil rights activist and statesman Andrew Young will give the 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture at Carolina. Young — who was an aide to King, a congressman and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations — will speak at 7:30… read more
Six Carolina faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The association, the world’s largest general scientific society, elects fellows to recognize their efforts toward advancing science… read more
Barbara Fredrickson, an internationally acclaimed psychology professor who directs UNC’s Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab, addressed Carolina’s newest alumni at UNC’s December Commencement. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 presided at… read more
In what his coach called “a moment of inspiration,” junior transfer Ben Speas turned in the goal of the tournament Sunday to provide Carolina with a 1-0 win over UNC-Charlotte in the 65th minute of the national title game in men’s… read more
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate Barbara Rimer, dean of UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, to chair the President’s Cancer Panel. The three-member panel monitors the development and execution of the… read more
Houston rolled rather methodically through an undefeated season this fall, never scoring fewer than 35 points. They went into the Conference USA championship game confident that they would emerge shoulder to shoulder with the country’s… read more