This fall, Project Kitty Hawk, the University of North Carolina System’s nonprofit education technology affiliate, enrolled a record 2,889 adult learners in online degree programs across six universities, including 766 new students.
The University of North Carolina System surpassed 260,000 students across the state this year, a new record.
Dr. Sheryl Long, a former education professor and dean at Meredith College, will lead the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program.
UNC System President Peter Hans and UNC Board of Governors Chair Kellie Hunt Blue sent a letter on Aug. 18 in response to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s Aug. 3 letter entitled “National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards.”
This month, the UNC System Office welcomes a new cohort of Presidential Scholars for the 2026–27 academic year, marking a two-decade legacy of service and professional development for dozens of public university alumni.
The University of North Carolina System has named a select group of 35 participants for the seventh cohort of the UNC System Executive Leadership Institute.
The UNC Board of Governors elected Kellie Hunt Blue as its next chair, effective July 1, 2026.
Dr. Richard Kim pioneered asphalt design, set standards for the U.S. highway network RALEIGH, N.C. – Dr. Youngsoo Richard Kim, the Jimmy D. Clark Distinguished University Professor in civil, construction and environmental engineering at NC State University, has received the 2026 Oliver Max Gardner Award for his pioneering work in asphalt design that set standards …
A record number of future teachers, 522, have committed to participate in the state-funded North Carolina Teaching Fellows program during the 2026-27 academic year.
The UNC System has awarded over $6.4 million in state-funded grants to help its universities, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, and rural hospitals expand and establish new rural health care workforce training programs.