A star pro football player who developed a reputation for stellar community service off the field has been honored by the GAA with a Distinguished Young Alumni Award. Jeff Saturday ’97, who recently retired after playing center 14 years in… read more
Outgoing Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has been named chair of a new National Research Council committee tasked with establishing and promoting a culture of safety in academic laboratory research. Thorp is among 13 academic and industry… read more
Six employees have been selected by Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 to receive a 2013 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, one of the most coveted distinctions the University gives to faculty and staff. The late C. Knox Massey ’25 of… read more
Social scientist Dan Ariely ’94 (MA, ’96 PhD), the author of three New York Times best-selling books, will be the keynote speaker for Carolina’s 2013 doctoral hooding ceremony. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 11 at the… read more
Two notable UNC scientists — Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 and Nobel Laureate Oliver Smithies — have been named charter fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, a nonprofit organization that recognizes investigators who translate their… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees has honored seven recipients — five of them the wives of former chancellors — with the William Richardson Davie Award, the board’s highest honor. The recipients are: Barbara Byrd Fordham ’49 of Chapel… 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
A subpoena that led to the downfall of an American president will have a new home at UNC, thanks to a donation by Raleigh lawyer Rufus Edmisten ’63. Edmisten, deputy chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee chaired by Sen. Sam Ervin… read more
Peter D. Hans ’91, has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the UNC System Board of Governors. Hans, whose term begins July 1, is completing his second term as the board’s vice chair. Cary businessman Frank Grainger was elected vice… read more