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
UNC’s Renaissance Computing Institute has been tapped as the technical lead in a $4.5 million collaborative water project by the National Science Foundation. The project, which involves a team that spans eight U.S. universities, aims to develop a… read more
Yearbooks from 14 of the 17 UNC System institutions — plus 37 other schools — are now archived together online, thanks to a project based at Wilson Library. The N.C. Digital Heritage Center has scanned and posted the yearbooks as part of the… read more
UNC Hospitals is among four in the nation that have been recognized for leadership and innovation in quality improvement and safety. It was one of two finalists for the American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize in a review by a… read more
UNC’s Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise has appointed Joseph M. DeSimone as its new director. DeSimone is the Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of chemistry at UNC and William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of chemical… read more
A grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is expected to expand digital humanities in a transformative way at Carolina, including the hiring of new faculty and the support of graduate students in this emerging field. The $1.39 million grant… read more
Beginning next year, the School of Government plans to offer its master of public administration program in a new online format designed for working professionals, among others. The online program, known as MPA@UNC, will blend the flexibility of… read more