Dr. Ned Sharpless ’88, director of UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center since 2014, is expected to be the next head of the National Cancer Institute. read more
The GAA Board of Directors presented the awards to chemistry professor Joseph DeSimone and UNC School of Government Dean Michael Smith ’78 (JD). read more
Few, if any, historians have looked as deeply into the American presidency — and conveyed it with such flair — as Carolina treasure William Leuchtenburg. read more
Historian William Leuchtenburg dislikes being asked to make predictions. But he does not shy from what he sees as the truth. read more
Oliver Smithies, the University’s first full-time faculty member to win a Nobel Prize and a world-renowned giant in the field of gene targeting, died Tuesday at UNC Hospitals after a short illness. He was 91. Smithies, the School of… read more
Award-winning faculty member and author Paul Cuadros, who teaches in UNC’s School of Media and Journalism, will be the featured speaker at winter Commencement. read more
The University Committee on Teaching Awards is seeking nominations from alumni, students, faculty and staff members for several campuswide awards that will honor professors and graduate teaching assistants in a variety of categories. read more
These two sea creatures often find themselves at odds. But Niels Lindquist and David Cessna want the same thing — an oyster industry that works. Adapted from an article for Endeavors, UNC’s online research magazine, by Mary Lide Parker ’11… 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
Kelly Hogan ’01 (PhD) took some troubling statistics on student success and turned them into a new college classroom at Carolina: less talk, more action and deeper learning. read more