University Achievements News

For the 15th year, the nation’s first public university is first in value. Carolina is once again the best value in public schools across the country and also number one for best out-of-state value, a new category added this year by Kiplinger’s… read more

The University once again — and for the 14th time in a row — is the best value in American public higher education, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine Carolina has topped the list based on academic quality and… read more

The School of Information and Library Science has been awarded its largest contract ever to operate the Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park Library over the next five years. The new award, of $25.3 million, significantly expands… read more

UNC ranks 32nd among the world’s top 500 research universities, according to the inaugural U.S. News & World Report “Best Global Universities” rankings. The publisher that perennially ranks Carolina the fifth-best public… read more

Six global and area studies centers at Carolina will receive approximately $9.1 million in competitive federal Title VI grants over the next four years. The money is split between two programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education —… read more

Recognized once again as one of the leading global public research universities, the University tied for 46th among the top universities in the world, up one spot from last year, in the London-based Times Higher Education World University… 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

Researchers from UNC’s School of Medicine, working with scores of institutions from around the world, have helped identify more than 100 locations in the human genome associated with the risk of developing schizophrenia. Findings from the… read more

Marsico Hall — one of the largest buildings on the UNC campus — is the new home for basic and translational research across several disciplines and features state-of-the-art imaging equipment that is expected to fundamentally advance… read more