Carolina appears on more than 20 lists of schools, degree programs and specialty areas newly ranked in 2014 by U.S. News & World Report for the 2015 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” Following is a summary of the… read more
A senior Morehead-Cain Scholar who is fluent in five foreign languages has been named the University’s newest Luce Scholar. Joël Joseph Hage, who is majoring in global studies with a minor in Arabic, is one of 18 American students to receive… read more
Carolina has reclaimed its No. 1 spot on The Princeton Review’s annual list of the “Best Value Public Colleges.” Last year, UNC was No. 2, behind the University of Virginia, which over the past six years has landed the top spot… read more
Carolina ranks as the No. 1 value in American public higher education for the 13th consecutive time, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Since 1998, Kiplinger’s has periodically ranked public universities based on how… read more
After years of scientific uncertainty and speculation, researchers at UNC can show exactly how trees help create one of society’s predominant environmental and health concerns: air pollution. It has long been known that trees produce and emit… read more
If you suffer a heart attack while walking down the street and are taken to the hospital quickly, your chances of survival are very good. But if you have a heart attack while already in the hospital for something else, you are 10 times more likely… read more
Over the past five years, the University of Virginia has landed the top spot four times on The Princeton Review’s annual list of the “Best Value Public Colleges.” The only school to displace UVA since 2009 has been Carolina, which… read more
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has cited Carolina’s “stellar academics” at a bargain price in naming UNC — for the 12th time in a row — as the No. 1 value in American public higher education. In the new rankings,… read more
The UNC Symphony Orchestra has taken first place in the American Prize competition for recordings of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances in a performance in April 2011. The 100-piece UNC orchestra won in the college/university… 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