2016 GAA Distinguished Young Alumni Award recipient read more
Jesse Moore ’01, of Nairobi, Kenya, founded M-KOPA Solar, which provides people in East Africa clean, reliable energy. Preston Smith ’01, of San Jose, Calif., founded Rocketship Education, charter schools educating students in low-income… read more
Jordan Maly-Preuss ’13 always dreamed to be a student at Oxford. Thanks to the Ertegun Graduate Scholarship Program, her dream is coming true. read more
Jim Hunt ’64 (LLBJD) has been honored by UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute with its first lifetime achievement award for public service. read more
When UNC’s fraternity system reached a crisis level seven years ago, the school knew it had to act. UNC called on Jordy Whichard III ’79. read more
Carolina was smart enough to give Charlie Loudermilk ’50 a second chance, and he was smart enough to take it. read more
Patrician and dignified, John Burress makes an unlikely candidate for auctioneer. Yet when UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center organized a fundraising auction, John stepped up to the gavel. read more
Two UNC students have been awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships, which provide full support for graduate study at Cambridge. read more
Both Larry Han and Max Seunik ’15 have studied at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Now, both are among 111 individuals worldwide selected for the one-year Schwarzman Scholars program award, studying in China. read more
This year’s honorees are Lucius E. Burch III ’63 of Nashville, Tenn.; Betty Ray McCain ’52 of Wilson; and Roy H. Park Jr. ’61 of Ithaca, N.Y. read more