Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of chemistry at UNC, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine a U. S. scientist can receive. DeSimone’s election to the… read more
If there is any family in the Norfolk area that represents the GAA’s Virginia is for Tar Heels program, it’s the Avery family. Dr. Stanley Avery ’52, who also received a medical degree from UNC in 1961, and his son, Clark Avery ’99,… read more
A Carolina faculty member has won the prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for the third year in a row. James F. Cahoon, an assistant professor of chemistry, is the latest to receive the award given to researchers early in… read more
Two founders of nonprofits aimed at improving lives in Africa and a military officer who as a student led efforts to establish an Army ROTC unit at UNC have been honored with the GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni Awards for 2014. Dr. Rajesh… read more
About two years ago, Wilson Library added more copies of Carolina’s yearbook to its digital archive. Now the question is: Will there be any more to add to it? The Review reported two years ago that the 2011 Yackety Yack… read more
Six global and area studies centers at Carolina will receive approximately $9.1 million in competitive federal Title VI grants over the next four years. The money is split between two programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education —… read more
University Day 2014 was highlighted with the presentation of Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards to five alumni. The award recognition, a practice begun by the faculty in 1971, recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions to… read more
The Orange County district attorney has dropped charges against Jennifer Wiley Thompson ’09, who was one of the first figures to surface in investigations of the relationship between academics and athletics at UNC that started four years… read more
Recognized once again as one of the leading global public research universities, the University tied for 46th among the top universities in the world, up one spot from last year, in the London-based Times Higher Education World University… read more
UNC’s Department of Athletics spent $104,464 per varsity athlete in 2013-14, which puts Carolina in the lowest quartile among four comparison groups. Athletics generated $83 million in revenues for the year, more than most ACC schools but less… read more