Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affirmative action could no longer be used in university admissions, UNC is taking steps to expand student access. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz stated in an announcement on July 7 that Carolina will… read more
UNC students can begin taking courses toward a master’s of applied data science degree in January 2024. This new, primarily online degree is in partnership with the Graduate School, the Office of Digital and Lifelong Learning and 2U, a… read more
Penny Gordon-Larsen, formerly UNC’s interim vice chancellor for research, has been appointed to the position permanently effective immediately. As the Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition, Gordon-Larsen has served in… read more
This article was updated at 2:39 p.m., June 29, 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down admissions programs at UNC and Harvard University that relied in part on racial considerations, saying they violate the 14th Amendment’s… read more
The School of Education recently received a $2.27 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund a project to increase the number of school counseling graduates working in rural elementary and middle schools across the state. Helping… read more
A Carolina alumna who is currently at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business has been chosen as the new dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School. Mary Margaret Frank ’92 (’92 MAC, ’99 PhD), senior associate dean for… read more
In a speech to UNC students on campus this week that drew mild protests, former Vice President Mike Pence said American freedom is under attack and there’s a “pernicious woke agenda designed to control the American people and destroy the… read more
With battles looming over a controversial new school, Beth Moracco ’92 (MPH, ’99 PhD) was elected this week as chair of the faculty. Moracco, an associate professor in the Gillings School of Global Public Health’s department of health… read more
Nearly three dozen Carolina undergraduate and graduate students have received awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields, including chemistry, geography, neuroscience… read more
The University announced it has completed the testing of all water fixtures on campus for lead, a process that began in August 2022 after the metal was found in the water drawn from drinking fountains in Wilson Library. The Environment, Health and… read more