Two Tar Heels are 2025 Google PhD fellows
The prestigious doctoral fellowship went to Viviane Ito of SILS and computer science student Vaidehi Patil.
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Senior Tiana Dinham is Carolina’s 55th Rhodes scholar
The geological sciences major earned the 2026 Rhodes scholarship for Jamaica.
New calculator better predicts stroke risk
Created by Carolina’s Dr. Samuel Short, the improved tool helps physicians decide if atrial fibrillation patients should take blood thinners.
Diplomacy Week spotlights return of star graduate
From Carolina Global Launch to the Rangel Fellowship, Emma Sampson ’25 paves her own way as a global problem-solver.
Carolina football unveils ‘Honoring Our Military’ wall
The new space in the Kenan Football Center Hall of Honor pays tribute to 61 Carolina football alumni and service members.
Music professor Mark Katz receives 2025 Harvey Award
His Carolina Prison Music Initiative supports incarcerated individuals’ rehabilitation and re-entry into society.
Librarian and English professor build AI literacy
The Carolina AI Literacy Initiative helps first-year students learn to use artificial intelligence tools effectively and responsibly.
Graduate students squeeze research into 3 minutes
In the Three Minute Thesis competition, they sped through explanations of bugs as drugs, TV dialects and predicting elections.
Vetter scholar Emily Goins builds career skills
The daughter of a wounded Marine veteran, this first-generation college student aspires to be a teacher.
Law students see veterans’ challenges on Asheville trip
Visits to a hospital, homeless shelter and courtrooms showed ways to help former service members adjust to life after the military.