The School of Education recently received a $2.27 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund a project to increase the number of school counseling graduates working in rural elementary and middle schools across the state. Helping… read more
A Carolina alumna who is currently at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business has been chosen as the new dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Mary Margaret Frank ’92 (’92 MAC, ’99 PhD), senior associate dean for… read more
The University’s Naval Armory building, scheduled for demolition, has received a boost to save it. The building has been slated to be torn down to make way for modern science facilities. But after pleas from some alumni and politicians not… read more
Journalism students at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media won their fifth consecutive Hearst Journalism Awards national championship on June 7. The title was their 12th since 2002. In individual awards, Hussman students also placed first… read more
A UNC initiative created to assist people in all 100 North Carolina counties is working with the University’s Suicide Prevention Institute to reduce suicides and improve wellbeing. Carolina Across 100, part of the the ncIMPACT Initiative at the… read more
The Carolina Alumni Board of Directors presented on Friday the association’s Distinguished Service Medals to Doug S. Dibbert ’70, former Carolina Alumni president, and Debbie Dibbert, former UNC associate vice chancellor for principal and major… read more
Debbie Dibbert has held some of Carolina’s most powerful jobs. As director of external affairs for UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, she was present when state lawmakers approved a new cancer hospital. For the next decade she raised… read more
You have to walk fast to keep up with Doug Dibbert ’70. He has places to go and long legs to get him there. Keeping up is a constant challenge, companions say. And not just with his speed. Dibbert, in his nearly 41 years at the helm of the… read more
In a speech that drew frequent and heavy applause, renowned social justice advocate and attorney Bryan Stevenson told about 6,500 UNC graduates during the May 14 Spring Commencement that they have the capacity to make a difference if they’re… read more
After three years of uncertainty, chef Garret Fleming and his sister Eleanor Lacy, a dessert baker extraordinaire, have finally found a permanent home. Fleming and Lacy had barely installed the pig smoker at their first Chapel Hill restaurant, Big… read more