1.30.17 | Alumni Recognition, Student Achievement
A senior and a 2015 Carolina graduate have been selected for the Schwarzman Scholars program, a China-based scholarship modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship.
A Carolina senior’s pioneering undergraduate research has earned him a Churchill Scholarship, a research-focused award that provides funding to American students for a year of master’s study in science, mathematics and engineering at Churchill… read more
A major collection of Dutch and Flemish drawings — including seven works by Rembrandt van Rijn — highlight the Ackland Art Museum’s largest-ever gift. read more
While he was in law school at UNC, Michael Smith ’78 (JD) found a guidebook published by the Institute of Government that parsed out clearly and cleanly the legal procedures for arrest, search and investigation in North Carolina. So helpful was… read more
Joe DeSimone has had many firsts in his career as an entrepreneurial polymer chemist. One of the more unusual, recalled his former department chair, came within a couple of years of joining UNC’s chemistry faculty as an associate professor in… read more
The GAA Board of Directors presented the awards to chemistry professor Joseph DeSimone and UNC School of Government Dean Michael Smith ’78 (JD). read more
A UNC professor’s research team used historical measurements of surface winds from across eastern North Carolina and coastal waters to determine that huge swaths of land and sea were primed for wind development. read more
One of the most comprehensive studies ever is designed to tease apart the symptoms loosely clustered under the diagnoses of depression and post-traumatic stress and figure out precisely which physical processes are correlated with which problems. read more
As part of a promise from South Building to the students to publicly confront the University’s racial history, a seven-panel exhibit opened in the Carolina Hall front lobby in mid-November. read more
Clayton Somers ’93, a longtime North Carolina attorney, executive leader and state government official, has been named to the new position of vice chancellor of public affairs and secretary of the University. read more