Skip to main content
Entrepreneurship students sit in a classroom with their laptops.

Entrepreneurship infused

Carolina students from the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship and Kenan-Flagler Business School carve inventive learning paths that combine anything-but-ordinary experiences.


Idea Machine graphic shows the words NSF Idea Machine" on a teal background, with a bunch of machine gears.

Biologist Karin Pfennig wins grand prize in NSF’s Idea Machine competition

Winning entries will help inform NSF’s research agenda through the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026 and beyond.


Photo of Jonah Lewis also shows the words of his name and the phrase "#GDTBATH"

#GDTBATH: Jonah Lewis

By day, junior Jonah Lewis studies history and information science at Carolina. But at night, you’ll find him performing comedy at open mic nights around Chapel Hill.


Graphic illustration by the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program shows two students walking side by side through a Duke wall into the Old Well.

Partners in leadership

Launched in 2000, the Robertson Scholars Leadership Program helps Carolina and Duke students reach their full leadership potential through year-round programming and the opportunity for students to take courses at the other campus.


John Bruno

Focus Carolina: John Bruno

John Bruno is a marine ecologist and professor in the Department of Biology. His research is focused on the impact of climate change on the ocean and marine ecosystems.


Mohit Bansal

Computer scientist Mohit Bansal receives two prestigious awards

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the prestigious Director’s Fellowship to assistant professor Mohit Bansal. He has also received the Microsoft Investigator Fellowship, a two-year fellowship that recognizes higher education faculty in the United States whose exceptional talent identifies them as distinguished scientists and teachers.


Students with their study abroad leaders Afroz Taj and John Caldwell at a site in India.

Taj recognized as 2020 MLK Unsung Hero

Associate professor Afroz Taj of the Asian studies department was the faculty honoree while the staff honoree was Dawna Jones, assistant dean of students and chair of the Carolina Black Caucus.


Looking for College stories older than 2020? Visit our news archive.
News Archive