Governor Gardner played football for both NC A&M and UNC.

Aziz Sancar and Paul L. Modrich, both at UNC-Chapel Hill and winners of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in discovering different ways that damaged DNA could be repaired, leading to new ways to treat cancer and other diseases. Read Article

Nobel Laureate Aziz Sancar picked up the most prestigious faculty award from the UNC system at the Board of Governors meeting July 29. The board announced its selections for the O. Max Gardner Award in May, but Sancar wasn’t able to receive the award then because he was in his native Turkey. He was giving away an award… Read Article