Carolina received the 2021 Institutional Award for Global Learning, Research and Engagement from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities in recognition of inclusive and comprehensive efforts to internationalize its campus.
Decades before he became UNC’s chancellor, neuroscientist Kevin Guskiewicz strived to create the playbook for preventing and treating concussions — and changed the game forever.
Using a scientific approach, Kevin M. Guskiewicz makes the tough calls required of a chancellor, always putting people first.
University of North Carolina System Interim President Bill Roper today named Kevin M. Guskiewicz as the 12th chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Guskiewicz, who has served as interim chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill, will assume this new role effective immediately. He is former dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Interim Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz reflects on his first month on the job and shares his energy and excitement for leading Carolina, a place he describes as “passionately public.”
A neuroscientist and internationally recognized expert on sport-related concussions, Kevin Guskiewicz joined Carolina’s faculty in 1995 and has served as dean of the College of Arts & Sciences since January 2016. As interim chancellor, he will chart a course for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
