A renowned anti-apartheid campaigner and Nobel Peace Prize winner, an industrialist and philanthropist, the “poet laureate of Southern Jews,” a medical and pharmaceutical leader, a champion of American Indian rights and self-determination, and a… read more
UNC is honoring six employees this week with 2009 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, one of the most coveted honors bestowed by Carolina. This is the 30th anniversary of the awards, created by the late C. Knox Massey ’25 to recognize… read more
The University has selected recipients of the 2009 University Teaching Awards, the highest campuswide recognition for teaching excellence. The 21 honorees were chosen in nine separate categories and will be recognized by Chancellor Holden Thorp… read more
Five alumni have been presented with the William Richardson Davie Award, the highest honor bestowed by UNC’s Board of Trustees. This year’s honorees are Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, both 1960 graduates, of Vero Beach, Fla.; Peter T. Grauer ’68 of… read more
Four highly promising professors in diverse fields have been awarded the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty at the University. They are Jason D. Lieb ’94, an associate professor of biology;… read more
Carolina will honor six employees with 2007 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Awards, one of the most coveted honors bestowed by the University, on April 28. Recipients are: Terry J. Bowers, an electronics technician with the Housing… read more
Carolina has honored a student, a professor and a staff member with the University Awards for the Advancement of Women. The award recognizes women who have mentored or supported their peers on campus, elevated the status of women or improved… read more
Four friends of the University have been presented with the prestigious William Richardson Davie Award by UNC’s Board of Trustees. This year’s honorees are Joe Hackney ’67 of Chapel Hill; Mike Overlock ’68 of Greenwich, Conn.; Ken Thompson ’73 of… read more
At the 20th annual PlayMakers Ball on Nov. 10, PlayMakers Repertory Company will honor actress Louise Fletcher ’57 with the PlayMakers Distinguished Achievement Award. Fletcher, winner of the Academy and Golden Globe awards, joins a distinguished… read more
Seven UNC employees have been recognized for their outstanding contributions — five receiving the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence; two the Excellence in Management Awards. This year’s Chancellor’s Award recipients are: Angkana Bode,… read more