For the 10th time in the past 17 years, a national organization that supports educational advancement efforts has honored UNC for its fundraising success. No other university, public or private, can match that record. UNC has received a 2009… read more
A new species of the oldest known beaked bird – about 120 million years old – has been named for biologist Alan Feduccia of UNC. Feduccia is the S.K. Heninger professor emeritus and former chair of the biology department. The fossil of the… read more
Researchers at UNC and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have synthetically reconstructed the bat variant of the SARS coronavirus that caused the SARS epidemic of 2003. The scientists say designing and synthesizing the virus is a major step… read more
If scientists knew exactly what a breast cancer cell needed to spread, then they could stop the most deadly part of the disease: metastasis. New research from UNC’s School of Medicine takes a step in that direction. The UNC researchers reduced… read more
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked the UNC the best value in American public higher education for the eighth consecutive time. Carolina has topped this list every time Kiplinger’s has produced it since 1998. The new ranking… read more
ABC News has selected UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication as home to a new, student-staffed digital bureau. ABC News on Campus is a partnership serving to educate and mentor talented college students of five top U.S. journalism… read more
When Christie Trice spoke at a luncheon in 2004 as a freshman – where Bank of America’s charitable foundation announced a $900,000 gift to the Carolina Covenant – she explained that the Covenant was her future. When she returned to the podium as… read more
For a seventh straight year, Carolina ranks first among the best values at the top 100 U.S. public university campuses, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. read more
The quiet talk in the halls of UNC’s genetics labs that’s been going on for years turned out to be accurate. Oliver Smithies, who has labored at the tedious task of genetics research for more than 50 years, was honored Monday with the 2007 Nobel… read more
The University’s research magazine, Endeavors, and the UNC General Alumni Association’s Programs Department were recognized in July with silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the national competition sponsored annually by the Council… read more