2.2.24 | Alumni Recognition
A Carolina alumna has been named mission commander for a NASA flight to the International Space Station later this year. Zena Cardman ’10 (MS ’14) will lead the mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with crewmembers Nick Hague,…
Dr. J. Larry Jameson ’76 (’81 MD, PhD) has been appointed interim president of the University of Pennsylvania following the resignation of Elizabeth Magill on Dec. 9 after comments she made about antisemitism during testimony at a… read more
Former Wake County Commissioner Jessica Holmes ’06 (’09 JD) was appointed state auditor by Gov. Roy Cooper ’79 (’82 JD) on Nov. 30. She replaces Beth Wood beginning Dec. 15 and will serve through the end of 2024. Holmes will be the first… read more
A scientist at the has been recognized by TIME magazine for his work in response to the national opioid overdose epidemic. Nabarun Dasgupta ’13 (PhD), who’s also an Innovation Fellow at the Gillings School of Global Public… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Karen Shelton channeled her fiercely… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) Think of planting a garden after it… read more
Nearly three dozen Carolina undergraduate and graduate students have received awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields, including chemistry, geography, neuroscience… read more
Former North Carolina basketball standout and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany ’70 (’73 JD), who played in two Final Fours under Coach Dean Smith, will receive a lifetime achievement award from the National Collegiate Athletic… read more
Two graduates from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media and a former Carolina men’s basketball standout and two-time NBA champion are among this year’s inductees into the N.C. Media & Journalism Hall of Fame. Curry Kirkpatrick ’65… read more
Morehead Scholar Ed Perkins ’09 says he’s not particularly creative, but Carolina freed him to become an award-winning, do-it-all documentarian. By Paul Wachter When Ed Perkins ’09 first visited UNC in 2005 as a perspective Morehead… read more