English alumna Elizabeth G. Taylor values the power of language as a national nonprofit director who advocates for access to health care.

Patrick Dougherty says when you’re trying to elicit feelings and emotions through art, “that’s not unlike creating a great novel.”

When the Caldwell family decided they wanted to give back to UNC-Chapel Hill — a place that left a lasting impression on each of them — it made sense that their gift would revolve around American studies and the arts.

In addition to significant planned gifts to the College that benefit scholarships, technology and innovation in the Learning and Writing Center, and diversity initiatives in the department of computer science, couple Alex Yong and Wendi Sturgis have created an immediate-use fund for the Learning and Writing Center.

When national and international media need experts to comment on and analyze news and trends, they turn to Carolina faculty and alumni.

UNC’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 590 was recently named best small detachment in the Southeast region. The Southeast Region encompasses 38 detachments in nine states and Puerto Rico.

Yaiza Canzani, an assistant professor of mathematics in UNC’s College of Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship.

Colin Palmer became the first African-American chair of a department at UNC-Chapel Hill when he was appointed to lead the history department in 1986, a post he held until 1991.

Victoria Bautch, chair of the biology department, has been awarded a $6 million Outstanding Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH-NHLBI).

The 2017-2018 academic year marks the 10th anniversary of the FedEx Global Education Center. The diverse work of the units within the building makes a global impact here and abroad.