An Oct. 17 concert will honor retiring voice professor Stafford Wing’s 40 years of service to Carolina. “Wing Singers: A Celebration in Song,” free to the public, will be at 2 p.m. in Hill Hall Auditorium. The concert will feature… read more
Faculty members dedicated to the First Amendment right to freedom of speech have secured the near future of a UNC conservative student group that attracted national attention when its guest speakers were met with protests on campus in… read more
Dr. Lisa Carey, associate professor of medicine and UNC Breast Center medical director, will deliver the December Commencement address, Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has announced. Thorp will preside at the Dec. 20 ceremony at 2 p.m. in the Dean E. read more
A trio of scientists from Carolina have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health aimed at encouraging high-risk research and innovation. Joseph DeSimone has been selected for a Pioneer Award, one of 18 such honors handed… read more
Each year, four of Carolina’s top up-and-coming faculty are chosen as recipients of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. This year’s professors, representing diverse fields, are: Dr. Ned… read more
The director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center has been named the new director of the Renaissance Computing Institute, the multi-campus research center with its home base in Chapel Hill. Stanley C. Ahalt, who has directed the Ohio center for six… read more
The structure of an entire HIV genome has been decoded for the first time by researchers at UNC. The results have widespread implications for understanding the strategies that viruses, including the one that causes AIDS, use to infect humans. The… read more
Gerhard L. Weinberg, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of history, has won a lifetime achievement award in military writing. The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award recognizes a living author for a body of work that has… read more
The UNC School of Dentistry will be getting new leadership as it prepares to open a large addition to its lab and classroom complex. John Williams has announced that he will step down as dean of the school in June 2010. “It is time for me to… read more
Kristen M. Swanson, a nationally recognized professor and chair of the family and child nursing department at the University of Washington, will be recommended as dean of UNC’s School of Nursing. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 told the Board of… read more