The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC) Garden Project celebrates and honors the contributions and history of the NPHC member fraternities and sororities whose organizations have impacted UNC’s campus since the first organization arrived in 1973 with their commitment to civic … Read more

Hey Tar Heels, it’s halftime! We’ve got some exciting news that we can’t wait to share with you — as of Oct. 1, 2018, we have raised more than half of the total fundraising goal in the Campaign for Carolina! … Read more

Rose Jackson will never forget the moment she heard Farsi spoken for the first time in more than six years. She was a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, taking her first Farsi class in the … Read more

Students from the UNC School of Media and Journalism have brought home the Online News Association’s 2018 David Teeuwen Student Journalism Award for their piece entitled, “Aftermath.” Aftermath is an interactive project made up of five parts, each containing a … Read more

Two days before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Shimul Melwani sat in her office with PhD student Angelica Leigh discussing the two paths diverging before the nation’s voters. As they oscillated between the outcomes of route A and route B, … Read more

Valli (Sindhu) Chidambaram and Hannah Clager, two University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni, were selected as 2018 Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellows. Recipients of the Pickering Fellowship receive two years of financial support and professional development … Read more

Competing against five international teams Sept. 15 for the Hult Prize — one of the most prestigious startup events in the world — the three Carolina students will pitch their seaweed cultivation initiative called Phyta to world leaders at the … Read more

Each fellow receives a paid two-year postdoctoral position in his or her selected department, additional funds for research, professional development and networking opportunities, and a unique opportunity to work closely with a faculty mentor in their respective discipline. Carolina launched … Read more

Greetings Fellow Tar Heels! Thank you for visiting the Alumni Committee on Racial and Ethnic Diversity (ACRED) newsletter and thank you for your support for our great University. As my predecessor Reyna Walters-Morgan ’99 so clearly articulated before me, it … Read more

“We don’t turn anyone away,” says Maria Erb. “Ever,” Kathy Wood adds emphatically. Maria and Kathy, co-directors of The Graduate School’s Diversity and Student Success Program (DSS), know that diverse experiences, backgrounds, viewpoints and contributions are key elements to everyone’s … Read more