A Carolina faculty member has won the prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering for the third year in a row. James F. Cahoon, an assistant professor of chemistry, is the latest to receive the award given to researchers early in… read more
Carolina has been selected to help the U.S. once again be first in the world in college graduates. Abigail Panter, senior associate dean for undergraduate education and a psychology professor, will receive $3 million over four years to… 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. The… read more
A UNC professor has died after being mugged in a residential area near campus Wednesday afternoon. Feng Liu, a research professor in UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy, sustained severe head wounds in the attack on West University Drive in… read more
Orange County District Attorney James Woodall ’82 (AB, ’85 JD) has dropped the criminal charge against Julius Nyang’oro because of Nyang’oro’s cooperation with the current investigation into academic fraud at UNC, including in the… read more
Excavations led by a Carolina faculty member have revealed stunning new mosaics decorating the floor of a fifth-century synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee. Since 2012, three well-preserved mosaics have… read more
Orange County District Attorney James Woodall ’82 (AB, ’85 JD) is considering dropping the criminal charge against Julius Nyang’oro because of Nyang’oro’s cooperation with the current investigation into academic fraud at UNC, including in… read more
Kathleen Mullan Harris, UNC’s James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of sociology, has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that a U.S. scientist or engineer can receive. Harris is the 13th faculty member… read more
Dr. Bruce A. Cairns, a professor of surgery and director of the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center, will become chair of the faculty on July 1. Cairns defeated Andrew Perrin, an associate professor of sociology, in an election that drew a record 2,000… read more
Six employees have been selected by Chancellor Carol L. Folt to receive the 2014 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, one of the most coveted distinctions the University gives faculty and staff. The late C. Knox Massey ’25 of Durham… read more