Two professors in the School of Medicine have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, considered one of the nation’s highest honors for those in the fields of health and medicine. Myron S. Cohen, J. Herbert Bate Distinguished Professor of… read more
UNC ranks third among large colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to Teach For America. New rankings show Carolina tied with the University of California at Los Angeles on the list; both campuses… read more
Secretary of the U.S. Navy Ray Mabus will present “Leadership in Service,” the 2012 Deil S. Wright Lecture, at UNC on Nov. 1. The free public lecture will begin at 3 p.m. at the Paul Green Theatre on Country Club Road. Mabus leads America’s… read more
Jamie Bartram, director of the Water Institute at UNC, will give the keynote speech for the University Day convocation at 11 a.m., Oct. 12. Classes will be canceled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Water Institute is a founding member of the new U.S. read more
Four highly promising professors in diverse fields have been awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. Recipients are Evan S. Dellon ’07 (MPH), assistant professor of medicine and an… read more
Dr. Myron S. Cohen, an acclaimed physician and researcher who has spent the past three decades studying the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, will speak at Commencement on Dec. 16. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 chose Cohen, the J. read more
The founder of a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits serving children succeed and an award-winning comedy writer have been honored with Distinguished Young Alumni Awards from the UNC General Alumni Association. Amanda Taylor Marshall ’97,… read more
Wade Hargrove ’62, chair of the UNC Board of Trustees, will chair the search committee to recommend a successor to Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86. Hargrove, who was re-elected to a second term as chair in July, said the committee represents… read more
A team of scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas program — including a large group from Carolina — has reported finding some of the genetic causes of the most common forms of breast cancer, resulting from the program’s genetic… read more
The UNC System Board of Governors has freed its schools to make their own decisions about how much of the revenue from tuition increases they will apply to need-based financial aid — calming fears at Carolina and elsewhere that they would have to… read more