February 2024 News

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

The March/April 2024 issue of the Carolina Alumni Review features Taller Far Than a Tall Man, an article on the contributions of Eric Montross ’94 in the classroom. Here are clips from a talk Montross gave Aug. 30, 2022, to students in Tim… read more

UNC’s applied physical sciences department will begin this fall offering a bachelor’s degree in applied physical sciences that’s 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 ’91 has announced a 13-member search committee to find UNC’s 13th chancellor, with a high-ranking official in the School of Medicine heading the panel. Cristy Page ’96 (’02 MPH, ’02 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 UNC’s 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