Steven W. Matson, professor and chair of UNC’s department of biology, will become dean of the Graduate School effective July 1. A member of the faculty since 1983, Matson is widely respected for his teaching, mentoring and research in the field… read more
Carolina will honor six employees with 2007 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, one of the most coveted honors bestowed by the University, on April 28. Recipients are: Terry J. Bowers, an electronics technician with the Housing… read more
Dr. H. Shelton Earp ’70 (MD), professor of pharmacology and medicine, Lineberger Professor of cancer research and director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been honored by his peers with the 2008 Thomas Jefferson Award. The… read more
G. Williamson McDiarmid ’69, Boeing Professor of teacher education at the University of Washington at Seattle, has been appointed as the new dean at the School of Education. The appointment, which has been approved by the UNC Board of Trustees,… read more
Stephen Allred ’74, executive associate provost and a professor of public law and government at the UNC, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Richmond. Allred has worked as a member of UNC’s academic… read more
In the 1950s, as a young social services worker in some of North Carolina’s most rural communities, Melvarene Adair ’51 didn’t fully grasp the important role she was playing in so many families’ lives. Back then, she spent much of her time making… read more
This year’s Earth Day, April 22, is dawning more than a week early at UNC, with various groups around campus joining forces to create a schedule packed with interesting and informative environmental activities. Events will kick off on Monday,… read more
Working with the Burmese immigrant community in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, partnering with the Special Olympics of Orange County, developing a statewide consortium of future K-12 teachers who take the practice of service-learning into public schools… read more
Carolina is honoring the contributions of Burlington businessman Maurice John Koury ’48 today as it re-names a South Campus residence hall in his honor. Since its completion in 2002, the four-story, state-of-the-art building has been known as… read more
Two Carolina students have won prestigious scholarships for postgraduate study, and a third has earned one of the nation’s top merit awards for undergraduate study. Michael Tarrant, a senior, has been awarded a Luce Scholarship to live and learn… read more