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Greetings from the Chair: Lou Patalano ’95

June 30, 2023

Greetings,  I am humbled by the honor to serve as the incoming Chair of the Alumni Committee on Racial & Ethnic Diversity (ACRED). I follow in the footsteps of giants – Virginia Cardenas, Lucrecia Moore, Reyna-Walters Morgan, Teresa Artis, Barb … Read more

UNC’s Research Exceeds $1 Billion Annually for First Time

May 3, 2018

UNC has surpassed, for the first time, $1 billion in annual research expenditures, according to the nation’s annual Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) survey. This news continues UNC-Chapel Hill’s decade-long rise as one of the world’s top universities for … Read more

Min Yang named Schwarzman Scholar

May 3, 2018

Min Yang, a 2015 graduate of UNC, has been selected for the Schwarzman Scholars program, an elite China-based scholarship modeled after the Rhodes Scholarship and founded by Blackstone co-founder and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman. This innovative master’s degree program supports … Read more

Need-based scholarships honor Bridge Builders

May 2, 2018

Chancellor Carol L. Folt has named 20 scholarships for “Bridge Builders,” individuals whose work, advocacy and personal example helped forge a more inclusive, unified and aspirational Carolina community. The need-based scholarships will recognize people who helped unite and strengthen the Carolina … Read more

An investment in people

May 2, 2018

With a $10 million gift from the John William Pope Foundation that will support a combination of core areas where Carolina excels, the University is continuing to invest in education, research and service that will benefit North Carolinians for many … Read more

$1 million Edge for Carolina students

May 2, 2018

Big Ten Conference Commissioner James Edward Delany and his family have given a $1 million to the Carolina Edge initiative, with $750,000 benefiting the Carolina Covenant and $250,000 to support law school students. Delany may be commissioner of the Big … Read more