FloraQuest is a new iPhone app developed at the Botanical Garden that lets plant enthusiasts identify more than 7,000 plants native to the Southeastern U.S. read more
The Republic of Liberia now has an easy-to-read website for tracking Ebola statistics thanks to a team of students and alumni led by an interactive multimedia instructor at Carolina. Steven King, an assistant professor at the School of Journalism… read more
Licensing technologies created at Carolina generated $7.93 million in income for the University in fiscal 2014, more than double the highest amount of royalty income Carolina has received in a single year. The amount comes from licensing revenues… 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
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $2 million to the Environmental Finance Center at the University for its work toward improving the country’s smallest water systems — those serving fewer than 10,000 people. Small water… read more
Cynthia Bulik, a Distinguished Professor of eating disorders at UNC, has been awarded up to $7.2 million to conduct the largest and most rigorous genetic initiative in eating disorders ever undertaken. Funded by the Klarman Family Foundation,… read more
UNC has been named a project site for the Association of American Universities’ five-year initiative to improve the quality of undergraduate education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields at its member… read more
The University has tapped an acting administrator to be its next vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer. Chris Kielt became interim vice chancellor in February after Larry Conrad left UNC to become chief… read more
The Carolina faculty’s expertise will be available to online learners around the world as part of a new partnership. Under an agreement announced today, the University will partner with Coursera, an online education provider, to offer noncredit… read more
Larry Conrad, Carolina’s vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer for the past five years, is leaving in February to take the same position at California-Berkeley. Conrad has led Carolina’s multifaceted… read more