A $2 million capstone gift completes the goal of doubling the number of students invited to Carolina’s honors program. The gift from the Hyde Family Foundations of Memphis, Tenn., will add faculty to teach honors courses and qualifies for a $1… read more
When Valerie Ashby ’88 was growing up in Johnston County, she never dreamed of becoming a scientist. But the teaching bug had bitten. The Clayton High School graduate, whose class had 100 students, came to Carolina and joined the first-ever… read more
For Joseph M. DeSimone, the interface between seemingly disparate fields and concepts offers the best opportunity for invention and innovation. A well-recognized chemist and polymer expert, DeSimone has applied his skills to the development of… read more
James W. Dean Jr., senior associate dean for academic affairs in the Kenan-Flagler Business School, has been recommended to the UNC trustees as the next dean of the school. If approved, his appointment would take affect Aug. 1, succeeding Steve… read more
Bruce W. Carney, senior associate dean for the sciences and Samuel Baron Distinguished Professor of physics and astronomy at UNC, has been appointed interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. He will succeed Holden Thorp… read more
UNC’s School of Medicine has established a new institute to advance research, training and treatment efforts aimed at aiding children and adults with developmental disabilities. The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities brings… read more
Holden Thorp ’86, a popular teacher whose intellect, charisma and leadership abilities were spotted very early in his career, will be UNC’s 10th chancellor. The Kenan Professor of chemistry rose at Carolina about as fast as he could move his… read more
Lawrence Band, who is on the faculty in UNC’s geography department, has been named director of Carolina’s Institute for the Environment. Band succeeds Doug Crawford-Brown, who left the institute earlier this year to become a senior sustainability… read more
Historian Louis Pérez Jr. has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Pérez is the J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of history at UNC. His current… read more
Steven W. Matson, professor and chair of UNC’s department of biology, will become dean of the Graduate School effective July 1. A member of the faculty since 1983, Matson is widely respected for his teaching, mentoring and research in the field… read more