The University’s new physician assistant program got underway this semester with an entering class of 20 — nine of them military veterans. read more
Missing its engineering school for 77 years, Carolina is not the most likely place for computer science to thrive. Yet it is booming with solutions to real problems — and jobs for its students. read more
University Day 2014 was highlighted with the presentation of Distinguished Alumna and Alumnus Awards to five alumni. The award recognition, a practice begun by the faculty in 1971, recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions to… read more
Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will speak about the nation’s dysfunctional political system — and how to fix it — in an Oct. 2 speech at UNC. Ornstein’s topic for the annual Thomas Willis… read more
Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will speak about the nation’s dysfunctional political system — and how to fix it — in an Oct. 2 speech at UNC. Ornstein’s topic for the annual Thomas Willis… read more
Kenan-Flagler Business School has long offered one of the nation’s top-ranked master of accounting programs. Starting next summer, the school plans to also make the program available online. “Demand for hiring our MAC graduates has never… read more
James B. Hunt Jr. ’64 (LLB), who set education as a top priority in four terms as North Carolina governor, will address the issue in a Sept. 26 speech at UNC. Hunt’s topic for the annual Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Lecture in Public… read more
Beginning with the opening of the N.C. Cancer Hospital on the UNC campus in 2007, the state has given $50 million every year to the University Cancer Research Fund for research in the hospital and in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer… read more
The University celebrated its 220th birthday on Oct. 12 with the installation of Carol Folt as its 11th chancellor. As it has done during previous chancellor installation ceremonies, the GAA organized an Alumni Processional on Polk Place on… read more
Three professors with expertise in public policy, social work and government at UNC have been awarded the 2013 Thomas Willis Lambeth Distinguished Chair in Public Policy. The recipients are Daniel Gitterman, associate professor of public policy;… read more