Alumni Profiles News

The awards, presented at the GAA Board of Directors fall meeting, recognize alumni age 40 or younger at the time of their selection for bringing credit to the University through their achievements. read more

The Lasker Award winner’s discoveries about “the brain of the cell” could lead to breakthroughs against such life-threatening diseases as cancer and diabetes as well those brought on by aging. read more

  ‘We must stop treating our experiences in school as if they happen in a vacuum.’   Donovan Livingston ’09 has returned to Carolina’s campus several times to speak and mentor students, but he says his Sept. 16 visit… read more

Earth, she’s seen — from top to bottom. Now Zena Cardman ’10 wants to show NASA what a microbiologist brings to a place like Mars. read more

Tony nominee Max von Essen ’96 shares his struggles to help others through theirs. read more

Librarian Brooke Andrade ’02 earns her ‘rock-star’ status with research tenacity. read more

From the basalt lava fields of Hawaii to the vast white expanse of Antarctica, Zena Cardman ’10 has ventured to some of Earth’s most unique and remote places. read more

Novelist Melanie Rio ’14 plays with Shakespearean themes for her literary debut. read more

The president’s national security adviser, H.R. McMaster ’94 (MA, ’96 PhD), impressed his Chapel Hill teachers as a warrior and as an intellectual. They’re certain he’ll need both skill sets in the White House. read more

His contrarian youth and self-discoveries at Carolina prepared Preston Smith to excel at work in which being liked isn’t always the most important thing. read more