Once unsure of where her life was headed, UNC professor and New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom is in demand, in control — and done with regrets. By Beth McNichol ’95 In the 1990s, The… read more
Lawyers representing Carolina and Harvard spent hours on Monday facing skeptical questions from the U.S. Supreme Court, which seems poised to rethink — and make dramatic changes to — the role of race in American college admissions. In two… read more
Carolina will host next year’s World Anti-Bullying Forum, the organization’s first biennial event held outside of Europe. Dorothy Espelage, the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of education and considered one of the foremost experts… read more
A $25 million gift from William “Bill” Starling ’75 and his wife, Dana, will be used to create the UNC Suicide Prevention Institute while working to implement suicide prevention strategies at UNC and across North Carolina. The institute… read more
You’ve probably seen the stellar images from the James Webb Space Telescope. It was named for a Carolina alumnus who helped set America on a course to become the world’s technological and economic leader. by… read more
Hoping to meet an increasing demand from students, Carolina launches its School of Data Science and Society By Eric Johnson ’08 Data is everywhere at Carolina. Political scientists use sophisticated algorithms to analyze… read more
Some of the many ways the GAA works to inform and involve Carolina’s 355,000-plus living alumni are reflected in the statistics on this page. Our volunteers and staff have long understood the GAA is fundamentally in the relationship… read more
Amir Barzin ’06 and other Carolina health experts were handed the seemingly impossible job of containing the coronavirus on campus. Here’s how they did it. by Janine Latus It was February 2020, and infectious disease experts… read more
Bluebird Flies In Chef Brandon Sharp brought his Michelin-star talent to Chapel Hill in spring of 2019 with an eclectic menu in his neighborhood restaurant Hawthorne & Wood. In July, he opened a new dining concept, Bluebird, a French bistro… read more
Chavi Khanna Koneru ’05 (’09 JD) found her voice at Carolina, and for the past six years she has been helping other North Carolinians of Asian descent find their voices, too. “UNC is the place where the multiple facets of my own… read more