Two seniors, William Douglas Leimenstoll and Henry Laurence Ross, have earned 2013-14 scholarships from the Henry Luce Foundation in New York. The Luce Scholars Program funds a year of living and learning in East and Southeast Asia for recent… read more
Rachel M. Myrick of Charlotte, a Carolina senior, has won a Rhodes Scholarship, the world’s oldest and best known award for graduate study. Myrick, 21, was one of 32 Americans selected Saturday for the prestigious award, which funds study… read more
UNC ranks third among large colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors to Teach For America. New rankings show Carolina tied with the University of California at Los Angeles on the list; both campuses… read more
Alexandru Bacanu, a junior at UNC, has won a 2012 Goldwater Scholarship while Surojit Biswas, also a junior at UNC, has received an honorable mention. The awards go to outstanding college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue careers in… read more
Six UNC students have received UNC Class of 1938 travel fellowships for research abroad this summer. The students were chosen from 37 applicants who submitted proposals for projects outside the United States. Selection is based on the quality of… read more
The Dance Marathon, UNC’s largest student-run fundraiser, just keeps getting bigger. This year, the organizers dropped the 1,600-dancer limit, resulting in approximately 2,000 dancers participating. The event raised $483,210.36 for the N.C. read more
Seniors Amber Micole Koonce and Cody Mitchell Poplin have earned 2012-2013 scholarships from the Henry Luce Foundation in New York. The Luce Scholarship funds a year of living and learning in East and Southeast Asia for recent college graduates… read more
Carolina has tied for 10th on the U.S. Fulbright program’s list of institutions with the most students and recent graduates receiving Fulbright awards for 2010-11. Reported recently in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the list ties UNC… read more
Eighteen undergraduates and one graduate student from Carolina have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors for 2011 study abroad programs in Asia. They will study in China, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam. UNC’s Phillips Ambassadors program includes… read more
The 194 graduating Public Service Scholars at Carolina were recognized for their achievements at a ceremony during Commencement weekend. Each received a Carolina blue and white cord to wear at Commencement. The Public Service Scholars… read more