Congratulations to Lee Roberts on being named UNC’s 13th chancellor. It has been a pleasure to work with him as interim. He is deeply committed to ensuring the excellence of a Carolina education for our students and to serving the great state of North Carolina.

Wishing our Tar Heels a great start to move-in today. Class of 2028, welcome to Carolina and to UNC College of Arts and Sciences!

Happy FDOC, Tar Heels! I enjoyed meeting many of you at the Old Well this morning. It’s one of my favorite Carolina traditions. Have a great semester!

Congratulations to Carolina’s five Hettleman Prize recipients, three of whom are from UNC College of Arts and Sciences. Scholars Bai, DeGooyer and Rodriguez are rising stars who are pursuing groundbreaking research for UNC.

Happy University Research Week, Tar Heels. I encourage you to explore the ground-breaking discoveries and innovations happening in the College at lectures and events throughout the week. researchweek.unc.edu

Undergraduate students, I encourage you to stop by the UNC Research & Discovery fair today in the Carolina Union. Over 25 research labs and projects, including many in the College, will be there to share their work and invite you to participate in research at Carolina.

Happy LDOC, Tar Heels! Students, best of luck on exams. You’ve got this!

Congratulations to UNC College of Arts and Sciences senior Pratyush Seshadri on receiving the Marshall Scholarship! Pratyush plans to develop economic mechanisms to reduce climate change effects in his graduate studies at the University of Oxford. I look forward to seeing his continued innovation.

Welcome back, Tar Heels! Wishing you a happy first day of classes and a great semester ahead.

This transformative $20 million gift is a testament to the faculty in the @jointBME department, whose mission is to unite engineering and medicine to improve lives. We are grateful for Ross Lampe Jr.’s generous investment in both UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University. college.unc.edu/2025/02/lampe-…

Tar Heels, I encourage you to learn more about the research conducted across disciplines in the College of Arts and Sciences. This work strengthens #UNC, employs 11,000+ people across N.C. and is a prime driver of the economy. #UNCResearchIsNC college.unc.edu

It was an honor to meet #UNC alumna Pepper Dowd in Charlotte recently. Pepper has supported Tar Heels and the UNC College of Arts and Sciences for over five decades and was pivotal in creating the Arts and Sciences Foundation, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

#UNC College alumna Zena Cardman exemplifies the heart of Carolina –– in her own words: service-oriented, creative, genuine and interdisciplinary. On behalf of the entire Tar Heel family, we wish Commander Cardman and the Crew-11 mission a seamless launch today. Go Heels!

This year, UNC-Chapel Hill is welcoming more than 5,100 new first-year students, our largest first-year class ever, alongside 1,027 transfer students and 4,422 new graduate students. I’m wishing these Tar Heels a strong start to the year and am eager to meet them around campus!

The vital flooding and climate research happening at UNC College of Arts and Sciences helps North Carolinians prepare for disasters, safeguards natural resources and protects communities and businesses. This work impacts our state from the Outer Banks to the Triangle and beyond.

For over two decades, U.S. News & World Report has recognized UNC-Chapel Hill for not only teaching and research excellence, but for making an exceptional education affordable. Our students, faculty and staff make this possible, and I’m proud to see their work recognized #GDTBATH

In writing the new textbook “Foundations of American Democracy,” UNC History has created a great resource to guide robust, critical conversations on key moments in U.S. history. Tomorrow's America 250 NC event at the State Archives of NC celebrates this work go.unc.edu/c5Q8J

This week, we celebrated the distinguished work of 2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize recipient Tressie McMillan Cottom at the Thomas Wolfe Lecture. The prestigious UNC English & Comparative Literature award honors UNC-Chapel Hill alum Thomas Clayton Wolfe ’20 by recognizing eminent contemporary writers

Congrats to Frank Leibfarth on this remarkable honor! Frank’s research and passion for service are making an incredible impact on our state. He is an asset to the UNC-Chapel Hill community, and I’m thrilled to watch him receive this well-earned award.

I enjoyed joining the campus community at this year’s University Day ceremony to celebrate UNC-Chapel Hill’s 232nd birthday. Congrats to our award-winning faculty and alumni and thank you to the #UNC students who shared their talents during the ceremony! go.unc.edu/Ms8c3