As UNC awaits a ruling from the National Collegiate Athletic Association on rules violations in its football program, an ad hoc group of faculty members has issued what it calls a “statement on athletic principles” designed to encourage a more… read more
The history of the Blue Ridge Parkway, America’s most visited National Park System site, is now online. The new collection, “Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina,” was created through a collaborative… read more
A chemistry professor who has been a faculty leader and is spearheading efforts to streamline operations at Carolina was honored Friday with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. The GAA Board of Directors presented the award to Joseph L. read more
When Carolina lost 47 faculty members to raids from other universities last year, almost half of them took more than just their expertise. Millions of dollars in research grants walked out the door with them. Twenty-two researchers who had been… read more
An HIV prevention research study led by UNC Professor Myron S. Cohen has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science. The study, HIV Prevention Trials Network 052, evaluated whether antiretroviral drugs can… read more
Six Carolina faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The association, the world’s largest general scientific society, elects fellows to recognize their efforts toward advancing science… read more
President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate Barbara Rimer, dean of UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health, to chair the President’s Cancer Panel. The three-member panel monitors the development and execution of the… read more
Eunice Sahle, an associate professor in the Department of African and Afro-American studies, will become the department’s new chair on Jan. 1. Julius Nyang’oro, who had been chair since 1992, resigned the post in August after his name… read more
Roy Williams ’72, in his ninth season as head basketball coach, has received a contract extension through 2018. Williams’ base salary will be $333,938, he will receive an expense allowance of $30,000 in 2011-12 and $40,000 in each of the next… read more
During a White House ceremony next month, Thomas L. Kash, assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at UNC’s School of Medicine, will receive the Presidential Early Career Award for… read more