3.4.24 | Student Achievement, University Achievements, University News
For the 14th time in the last 15 years, UNC has been recognized as a university that produces a large number of Fulbright Scholars. The recognition, from the U.S. Department of State, follows the awarding of grants to 10 undergraduate…
While most people can only imagine the thrill of competing on Jeopardy!, sophomore Rotimi Kukoyi has lived that dream twice. Kukoyi, a 19-year-old Morehead-Cain Scholar from Hoover, Alabama, appeared as the youngest contestant in the popular quiz… read more
Journalism students at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media won their fifth consecutive Hearst Journalism Awards national championship on June 7. The title was their 12th since 2002. In individual awards, Hussman students also placed first… read more
Nearly three dozen Carolina undergraduate and graduate students have received awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields, including chemistry, geography, neuroscience… read more
The U.S. Department of State this month will recognize UNC as among the universities that produced the largest number of Fulbright scholars in the 2022–23 cycle. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awarded grants to 16 Carolina students and… read more
It’s the first time three Tar Heels have been chosen in the same year for one of the world’s oldest and best-known scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford. read more
Patrick Clinch, a senior studying history and political science, has been named Carolina’s 21st Marshall Scholar. read more
Two alumni from the class of 2020, Peter Andringa and Sarah Mackenzie, have won Rhodes Scholarships, the world’s oldest and best-known awards for graduate study, based at the University of Oxford in England. read more
Two Carolina students have been selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge scholarship — a competitive fully funded scholarship for graduate study in any subject available at the University of Cambridge in England. read more
Twenty-three students and recent graduates of the University have been selected to receive the Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2019-20, the highest number of recipients from UNC in one year. read more