Frederick P. Brooks, Kenan Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, received the 1995 Bower Award for Achievement in Science, which is given by Philadelphia's Franklin Institute and worth $250,000.
Funded in 1992 by the National Cancer Institute, SPORE (Specialized Program of Research Excellence) is a cooperative, multidisciplinary program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that investigates breast cancer.
The career of Chuck Stone, Walter Spearman Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at UNC-CH, has been wide ranging and includes being a newspaper senior editor, columnist, hostage negotiator, and advocate of feminism.