Following two years of dramatic rise in the number of faculty members lost due to failed attempts to keep them out of the hands of other schools, Carolina had a big improvement last year in keeping professors at home. In 2009-10, in the early… read more
UNC’s Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise has appointed Joseph M. DeSimone as its new director. DeSimone is the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of chemistry at UNC and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of chemical… read more
President Barack Obama has nominated Emil J. Kang, executive director for the arts and professor of the practice of music at Carolina, to become a member of the National Council on the Arts. The National Council on the Arts advises the chair of… read more
Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of chemistry at Carolina, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that a U.S. scientist or engineer can receive. DeSimone is one of 84 new members and 21… read more
For his groundbreaking research on treatment as prevention of HIV, Myron Cohen — professor of medicine, microbiology and epidemiology at UNC — has received the top honor of the inaugural Clinical Research Forum Top 10 Clinical Research… read more
Doris Betts ’54 was a legend on the UNC campus. Students flocked to her creative writing classes, and writers sought her advice on the craft. And her love for books and writers was surpassed only by her devotion to UNC. Betts — who died… read more
Six employees have been selected by Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 to receive 2012 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, one of the most coveted distinctions the University gives faculty and staff. The late C. Knox Massey ’25 of Durham… read more
A team of researchers at UNC has successfully flushed latent HIV infection from hiding, with a drug used to treat certain types of lymphoma. Tackling latent HIV in the immune system is critical to finding a cure for AIDS. While current… read more
Susan King, who was vice president for external affairs for Carnegie Corp. of New York, became dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Jan. 1. “The journalism school has a national reputation for excellence and is a… read more
“Brilliant!” “Generous.” “Charismatic!” “Indispensable.” These are a few of the descriptions students and colleagues have used to describe the 2012 University Teaching Awards recipients. Twenty-four people in nine categories are… read more