Jim White

Dean of @unccollege. Climate and carbon cycle scientist and faculty member in @UNC_EMES. Husband, father, grandfather. Totally in awe of the planet.

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

Today is Winter Commencement at @UNC, a day to celebrate the hard work, dedication and incredible accomplishments of our December graduates.

To the Class of 2025, wherever your passions lead you after Carolina, we will always be rooting for you. Congratulations, and go Heels!

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

Fantastic news from #UNC - THREE Carolina students have won Rhodes scholarships this year! Each of them has ties to @unccollege. Congratulations to these remarkable students!

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Congratulations to #UNC seniors Tiana Dinham, Gabrielle Moreau and Rotimi Kukoyi, who have won Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at Oxford University.

With 57 recipients in its history, Carolina is now a No. 1 public university for Rhodes scholars
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[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

Congrats to @unccollege senior Tiana Dinham, Carolina’s newest Rhodes Scholar! I am thrilled to see Tiana’s hard work and environmental research at @UNC be recognized in this outstanding way.

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

Today, we thank and celebrate our nation’s veterans and service members, including all military-affiliated Tar Heels and the more than 600,000 veterans who call North Carolina home. From the @unccollege community, thank you.

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Today, we honor the service, courage and sacrifice of veterans and active duty service members in the @UNC community.

To our military-affiliated Tar Heels and all who have served, thank you.

#VeteransDay #GDTBATH 🇺🇲

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

I enjoyed joining the campus community at this year’s University Day ceremony to celebrate @UNC’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!

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[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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 community, and I’m thrilled to watch him receive this well-earned award.

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Congrats to @UNC’s Frank Leibfarth, winner of the 2025 @BlavatnikAwards for Young Scientists in the chemical sciences. 🏅

The prestigious award honors Leibfarth’s innovate work at @uncchemistry to remove toxic “forever chemicals” from drinking water https://t.co/8RPA8u1qpi

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

This week, we celebrated the distinguished work of 2025 Thomas Wolfe Prize recipient Tressie McMillan Cottom at the Thomas Wolfe Lecture. The prestigious @UNCECL award honors @UNC alum Thomas Clayton Wolfe ’20 by recognizing eminent contemporary writers

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Congrats to Tressie McMillan Cottom, this year's @UNCECL Thomas Wolfe Prize recipient. 🎉

Cottom is a 2020 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, @nytimes opinion writer and @uncsils professor. She will give the Thomas Wolfe Lecture on Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. https://t.co/rOpIazOiVa

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

In writing the new textbook “Foundations of American Democracy,” @UNChistory has created a great resource to guide robust, critical conversations on key moments in U.S. history. Tomorrow's @America250NC event at the @NCArchives celebrates this work https://t.co/aCp0xvP2sY

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Eleven @UNC historians collaborated to create a trailblazing new textbook covering key primary documents in U.S. history.

The book was published by @UNChistory with support from @UNC_Press and is free for all #UNC System students through NC Live https://t.co/l6vXmiXfbn

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

For over two decades, @usnews has recognized @UNC 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

[The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill @UNC]

For the 24th consecutive year, #UNC is ranked in the top 5 public universities in the country in the 2025 @usnews Best College rankings!

Learn more about the rankings, including No. 1 for best value among public universities https://t.co/qwXJTeU9RV

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

The vital flooding and climate research happening at @unccollege 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.

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

With @NOAA predicting above average tropical activity in the Atlantic this season, 2025 may be a busy hurricane season.

Multiple teams of @UNC researchers are hard at work studying important storm management strategies to keep communities safe https://t.co/v5e1w7pSjM

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

This year, @UNC 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!

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

The largest first-year class in @UNC history began its Carolina journey last week.

More than 6,000 new first-year, transfer and grad students gathered in the Dean Smith Center for convocation and to hear from keynote speaker Tyler Hansbrough ’09

https://t.co/KFtb5DiFem

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

#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!

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Double #UNC College alumna Zena Cardman is headed to space today as the commander of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission. 🚀

Liftoff is scheduled for 12:09 p.m. from @NASAKennedy. Read for more details on how to watch the launch via livestream https://t.co/pfoGZ7WD4i

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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

https://t.co/vZ6eyMirX9

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Tar Heels are driving discoveries that benefit all 100 North Carolina counties.

This week, the College of Arts and Sciences is shining a light on some of the many #UNC research projects that help make our state and nation stronger.

https://t.co/TnWshLwzGp
#UNCResearchIsNC

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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 and @NCState.

https://t.co/e6aLlpeyyj

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Welcome home, Tar Heels 💙

Wishing you a happy FDOC!

📸 @UNC
#GDTBATH 🐏

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

Congratulations to @unccollege 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.

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Congratulations to Carolina's 23rd Marshall Scholar, senior Pratyush Seshadri! 🎉

Seshadri studies economics, mathematics and history in the #UNC College of Arts and Sciences and will use the prestigious award to continue to study economics at the University of Oxford.

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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.

[UNC College of Arts and Sciences @unccollege]

Today in the Carolina Union, UNC Research hosts the undergraduate Research & Discovery Fair, featuring over 25 research labs and projects in need of student researchers.

📅 Today, Oct. 23
⏰ 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
📍 Great Hall, Carolina Union

https://t.co/seOSDRAgpF #research #event

[Jim White @JamesWCWhite]

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.

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