Commencement News

Social entrepreneur Rye Barcott ’01 will deliver the University’s spring Commencement address on May 13 in Kenan Stadium. read more

“Undergird your audacity with equal commitment to incrementalness,” Dr. Satish Gopal ’97 told graduates at Winter Commencement. read more

Dr. Satish Gopal ’97 (’00 MPH), a researcher on the forefront of cancer treatment in Malawi, Africa, will be the featured speaker at the Winter Commencement ceremony. read more

Standing in the tunnel leading from the locker rooms to the field in Kenan Stadium, Winborne Shaffer Chandler ’67 watched the 2017 graduates stream onto the field, filling in the rows of white folding chairs. As the reunion committee chair,… read more

For more than two centuries, Tar Heels have made their mark on the world. They’ve built businesses, been to space, governed states, saved lives and improved their communities. And on May 14, the journeys of more than 6,000 new Carolina… read more

Brooke Baldwin ’01, a CNN news anchor will deliver the University’s Commencement address on May 14 in Kenan Stadium. read more

Award-winning faculty member and author Paul Cuadros, who teaches in UNC’s School of Media and Journalism, will be the featured speaker at winter Commencement. read more

As more than 6,000 Carolina students prepare to enter the next phase of the lives, they were urged to focus on others as much as their budding careers. Caring, Anne Marie Slaughter said, is as important as career. read more

Anne-Marie Slaughter, leader of the New America think tank, made waves with her 2012 article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” after she left her post as the first female director of policy planning at the State Department. read more