UNC’s most recent Nobel Prize winner, Aziz Sancar, is one of two recipients of the O. Max Gardner Award, the UNC System Board of Governors’ highest honor for faculty. read more
Joseph DeSimone was honored for his work in material science as well as innovation and inclusive leadership in higher education and entrepreneurship. read more
Twenty-four instructors and teaching assistants have been named winners of the 2016 University Teaching Awards. read more
The GAA Board of Directors presented the awards to Bob Blouin, dean of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, and Joy Kasson, professor emerita in the American studies department. read more
The idea dates to the Nobel laureate’s days as a graduate student. “The day I stepped off the airplane in Dallas,” said Aziz Sancar, “I essentially saw the need for such houses on college campuses and promised myself to eventually dedicate… read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt told a University Day audience to fasten their seatbelts for a fast and accelerating ride on the road to higher education innovation. read more
The work of three scientists — including UNC’s Aziz Sancar — in exploring the mechanisms of DNA repair — has been recognized with this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry. read more