4.30.21 | Carolina Alumni Leadership, University Development
The Lt. Col. Bernard W. Dibbert Carolina Covenant for Military Families Scholarship has received a $1 million gift from Vaughn Bryson ’60 and his wife, Nancy Faison Bryson ’60.
Four UNC professors are among the most recent inductees into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest distinctions for a scientist or engineer in the U.S. read more
The names of nine men — each of whom are associated with white supremacist beliefs and actions — have been recommended for removal from UNC buildings by the chancellor’s Commission on History, Race and a Way Forward. read more
Carolina is fifth among the nation’s public universities in The Princeton Review’s 2021 list of the “Best Value Colleges.” read more
Fortune magazine has ranked Kenan-Flagler Business School’s online MBA program first in a new ranking announced along with the launch of the new Fortune Education hub. read more
Nine people will receive honorary degrees from the University during Commencement celebrations in May — four chosen in 2021 and five from 2020, when spring graduation ceremonies were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more
Pulitzer Prize-winner and MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” recipient Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (MA) will join UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media in July as the Knight Chair in race and investigative journalism. read more
The UNC System Board of Governors has elected Robert “Rob” Bryan III ’93 of Charlotte, Perrin Jones ’94 of Greenville, Malcolm Turner ’93 of Boston and Ramsey White ’01 of Washington, D.C., to Carolina’s Board of Trustees. read more
The University has reappointed Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson for another five-year term. read more
University Libraries has launched the UNC Story Archive as a way to gather and preserve authentic voices from the Carolina community. read more