Terry Magnuson, Sarah Graham Kenan professor and founding chair of the department of genetics at UNC, will assume his new post July 1. read more
Gov. Pat McCrory toured UNC’s School of Medicine’s Berryhill Hall with Chancellor Carol L. Folt, assessing the dilapidated facility and the goals of a $2 billion bond referendum. “This is really critical,” Folt said. “This medical school… read more
Though Sacramento Kings coach George Karl ’73, sometimes known around the NBA as “Furious George,” seems to have mellowed with age and bouts of illness, he still has the desire to lead and to win. read more
Anne-Marie Slaughter, leader of the New America think tank, made waves with her 2012 article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” after she left her post as the first female director of policy planning at the State Department. read more
The University’s new physician assistant program got underway this semester with an entering class of 20 — nine of them military veterans. read more
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Kenan-Flagler Business School’s MBA@UNC program No. 3 in its second ranking of online MBA programs. UNC’s program was ranked first last year. read more
“Reconsidering Antisemitism: Past and Present” will be presented April 10-12 at the William and Ida Friday Conference Center, featuring more than 15 leading scholars from throughout the U.S., France, Germany and Israel. read more
The University is creating the position of chief integrity and policy officer, a new senior administrator position reporting directly to the chancellor. read more
Carolina senior Blake M. Hauser has been named a recipient of the 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 College,… read more
The pool of candidates — totaling 19,842 — was 16 percent larger than last year, marking the fourth consecutive year that Carolina has set a record for the number of early-action applicants. Students from North Carolina applying for an… read more