“I wanted to be a part of this history,” he said about joining the lineage of Dean Smith, Bill Guthridge and Roy Williams as Carolina’s head men’s basketball coach. read more
Patricia Parker has been named the next director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. Her four-year term will begin July 1. Parker, chair of the department of communication since 2015, has been a member of the Carolina faculty since… read more
Davis helped lead the Tar Heels to the 1991 Final Four as a sharpshooting guard and to two Final Fours and a national title during nine years as a UNC assistant coach. read more
Jerry Blackwell ’84 (’87 JD) usually practices corporate law, but he was tapped to lead the criminal case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd. read more
Gary Marchionini, in his 23rd year at Carolina, has overseen growth in grants, faculty and enrollment. read more
He led Carolina to three NCAA championships and notched 903 wins as a college basketball head coach. read more
More than 30 UNC graduate programs were among the top 10 overall or among public universities in their respective categories in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” list for 2022. read more
Carolina hopes to enroll 600 students in the Prevent COVID U study, a four–month clinical trial that will enlist more than 12,000 college students across the country to test if vaccinated people can spread the coronavirus to others. read more
The University has issued an open call for suggestions of new names for three campus buildings whose original names were removed last year because of their namesakes’ ties to white supremacy. read more
The Carolina Population Center has received two grants, providing an expected $38.2 million over five years, that together will fund the next phase of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. read more