3.30.21 | University Rankings
More than 30 UNC graduate programs were among the top 10 overall or among public universities in their respective categories in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” list for 2022.
Carolina hopes to enroll 600 students in the Prevent COVID U study, a four–month clinical trial that will enlist more than 12,000 college students across the country to test if vaccinated people can spread the coronavirus to others. read more
The University has issued an open call for suggestions of new names for three campus buildings whose original names were removed last year because of their namesakes’ ties to white supremacy. read more
The Carolina Population Center has received two grants, providing an expected $38.2 million over five years, that together will fund the next phase of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. read more
Austin O’Connor reached the summit of collegiate wrestling when he beat top seed Sammy Sasso of Ohio State to win the 149-pound class of the NCAA Championship. read more
A doula, a graduate mentor, a solar energy researcher and a career development director have received the 2021 University Awards for the Advancement of Women. read more
As UNC administrators work toward their goal of a balanced budget by June 2022 — having operated without one for nearly a decade — limitations on growth and flexibility will remain in place at least through this fiscal year. read more
UNC’s Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward and Kenan-Flagler Business School are working together to honor the approximately 120 enslaved people buried in Barbee Cemetery. read more
School of Education Dean Fouad Abd-El-Khalick has been appointed to a second five-year term. read more
Researchers in the University’s Dittmer Lab are tracking variants of SARS-CoV-2 from the U.K., South Africa and Brazil that have recently been reported in the U.S., as well as new variants that have emerged in dozens of states. read more