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NORTH CAROLINA 2009

March 5, 2009

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded more than $80,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships to 28 undergraduates for participation in study abroad programs this semester.

28 UNC students awarded study-abroad scholarships

February 19, 2009

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has awarded more than $80,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships to 28 undergraduates for participation in study abroad programs this semester.

UNC senior awarded Churchill Scholarship

February 12, 2009

Katherine Deigan, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received a 2009-2010 Winston Churchill Scholarship for graduate work at the University of Cambridge in England, valued at $42,000 to $50,000.

Local students earn UNC degrees, Dean’s List recognition for Fall 2008

February 6, 2009

More than 1,100 students earned bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral or professional degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the Dec, 14 commencement ceremony, which featured remarks by highly regarded Carolina chemistry professor Valerie Ashby, Ph.D.

Eleven UNC students win Fulbright Scholarships

December 10, 2008

Eleven University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students have received 2008-2009 U.S. Student Fulbright Program awards to study, teach or conduct research in other countries.

176 at UNC inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

December 5, 2008

Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored of all college honorary societies, inducted 176 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students as new members on Nov. 24.

UNC’s Yorke wins Rhodes Scholarship

December 1, 2008

Elisabeth "Lisette" Yorke has conducted AIDS research in Thailand and Cambodia, been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and started a women's ice hockey club. Now, these and other accomplishments, both academic and extracurricular, have led to a Rhodes Scholarship for … Read more

UNC’s Saad wins Rhodes Scholarship

November 23, 2008

Aisha Ihab Saad of Cary has trekked the Amazon region, hiked the Rockies and the Himalayas and climbed a volcano in Peru. Now, these and other accomplishments, both academic and extracurricular, have helped boost the senior at the University of … Read more