The University is helping launch a new alliance that aims to make a college degree possible for more students, regardless of their ability to pay. read more
How LSD causes its powerful effects has long remained a mystery. Now, because of work led by UNC’s Dr. Bryan L. Roth, scientists can begin to parse how the drug sparks such a dramatic reaction in the brain, just as the scientific and medical… read more
Nearly 40,800 students have applied for admission to UNC for this fall. That total is as of Jan. 18 and reflects an increase of 13.7 percent from the previous year. It’s also the second-largest increase in the past 25 years. read more
A senior and a 2015 Carolina graduate have been selected for the Schwarzman Scholars program, a China-based scholarship modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship. read more
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