Kenan-Flagler Business School

Serving the students and the University community since 1893.

UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School has created a new orientation for all students newly admitted to the undergraduate business program called Spark. The new program facilitates interaction between new students in order to better promote collaboration and community in a way that the prior orientation, Engage, did not.

Here's what you need to know about Kenan-Flagler's newest master's concentration

By Emily Orland

Kenan-Flagler is introducing a new STEM-based concentration to its MBA program for Business Analytics and Management Science.

The Kenan-Flagler Business School ranked 19th overall, including a ranking of 11th in accounting and 12th in Masters in Business Administration.

Here's how the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is tackling wealth inequity

DTH Photo Illustration. UNC’s oldest co-ed business fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi was suspended this summer by their national board after the chapter was found to have violated the alcohol and hazing sections of the fraternity charter.

Here's what you need to know about the aftermath of the AKPsi suspension

UNC alumni Akib Khan, and Ted Zoller, PhD, Director of the Entrepreneurship Center and T.W. Lewis Distinguished Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, creating the On the Heels of Innovation podcast. Photo courtesy of Aspyn Fulcher.

Innovate Carolina and b-school entrepreneurship partner for On the Heels of Innovation podcast

UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School was established in 1919 and renamed in 1991 to honor two prominent American business families and benefactors — Mary Lily Kenan Flagler and her husband, Henry Morrison Flagler.

Kenan-Flagler is consistently ranked among the best business schools in the world. Over 32,500 UNC Kenan-Flagler alumni live in more than 80 countries. The faculty are known for evidence in both research and teaching.

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Triad Studios Team picture. Photo courtesy of Triad Studios.

Here's how student-run Triad Studios has made it in less than two years

By Rachel Crumpler

Student-run media production agency, Triad Studios, is making its mark on local businesses and beyond.

Carol Wolf is a professor in the School of Media and Journalism. Photo by Pam Gerolstein.

Professor wants to help students avoid debt at all costs with personal finance initiative

By Nathan Wesley

Carol Wolf, a UNC professor is embarking on a journey to teach personal finance to North Carolina students who may not know how to handle their fiscal assets in a more understandable way.

Kenan Flagler to add a new set of flags in the lobby to reflect students' identities

By Rachel Crumpler

Kenan-Flagler is going to put up flags for different student identities, including LBGTQ+, Native American and the Peace Corps.

The Committee on the Status of Women met on Thursday to discuss recommendations to address gender pay inequity at UNC. Committee co-chairs Elizabeth Dickinson and Brent Wissick and COSOW consultant Claire Counihan were present during the meeting. Committee member Kenya McNeal-Trice joined via conference call.

What's going on with the gender pay gap at UNC?

By Praveena Somasundaram

UNC continues to discuss its gender pay gap. Executive Vice Provost Ron Strauss is making strides to remediate the issue.

Senior Biology major Rachael Purvis and Chancellor Carol Folt were  interviewed Friday afternoon regarding the "Before I Die..." art  installment located near the Pit.

With Folt gone, how has Campaign for Carolina progressed?

By Cynthia Dong

With Chancellor Carol Folt gone, her endeavor, the Campaign for Carolina, continues on. The initiative has outpaced its goal by raising $2.51 billion out of $4.25 billion in under two years.

Here's what the Committee on the Status of Women said about barriers to gender equity

By Praveena Somasundaram

"I think eyes were opened. It wasn’t exactly being blindsided; it was like suddenly having some cataracts removed. "

Meet the deans of UNC's nationally ranked graduate schools

By Lauren Westbrook

U.S. News & World Report ranked graduate programs throughout the United States. How did UNC's graduate schools fall on the leaderboard?

AKPsi's UNC chapter is under investigation following allegations of hazing

By Marin Wolf

This is not the first time a chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-ed business fraternity, has been under investigation following reports of hazing.

Meet the UNC students teaching their peers about a new form of investment

By Emily Holler

Looking for a new way to get involved in activism? Join UNC's Impact Investing Club as they show students how to use economics to promote companies that seek positive change.

Dr. Shimul Melwani talks about how the Kenan Flagler Business School has changed over the 8 years that she has been there on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. "Students are more engaged with the world than they've ever been," Melwani says.

Happy 100th birthday, Kenan-Flagler!

By Cam Edson

MBA candidate Charlotte Burnett will always remember UNC Kenan-Flagler's Business School as a reflection of it's own core values — excellence, leadership, integrity, teamwork and community.

Todd Pope, CEO of TransEnterix, a medical device company that makes robotic surgical technology. Featured in Time Top 50 in Healthcare. Photo courtesy of  David Williams.

Meet Todd Pope, a UNC graduate named in Time's 50 Most Influential in Healthcare

By Stephanie Mayer

Pope is the founder, president and CEO of TransEnterix, a medical robotics company.

Student entrepreneur and Traditional Kitchens director Anum Imran talks about her experiences starting her own business on Wednesday Nov. 14, 2018 at the 1789 Venture Lab on Franklin St. "Economic development of minority populations is really important to me." Imran's Traditional Kitchens is led by refugee women.

Global Entrepreneurship Week aims to bring innovation to UNC

By Evelyn Gandy

Through collaborating with programs such as the Kenan-Flagler Business School and the Shuford Program in Entrepreneurship, Innovate Carolina works to provide UNC students with the mindset and skills they need to enter the workforce.

UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School is home to a new health and business program.

Carolina Women in Business Conference brings graduates and students together

By Praveena Somasundaram

“To have female leaders telling you to be assertive and network with other women and men in the industry to get to the next level, I think it’s really powerful.”

U.S. News and World Report ranks UNC as the fourth best school for entrepreneurship

By Stephanie Mayer

"I believe that we are at the precipice of being one of the very best programs in entrepreneurship in the country, and I’m not just talking about UNC Kenan-Flagler."

Lucy Best (left) and Emily Kiran work on their startup, Phyta, which looks to seaweed as the sustainable alternative for nonrenewable products.

These 3 UNC students are fighting global warming with seaweed and algae

By Jordyn Williams

On 15 Sept., three UNC students pitched their startup, Phyta, to a panel of world leaders at the United Nations Conference. The business seeks to make sustainable alternatives for nonrenewable products through the use of macro-algae and seaweed.

A peer counselor at the Office of Scholarships and Student Aid gives financial advice to an incoming transfer student. Students with work study jobs are eligible for SNAP benefits, but few UNC students use the program.

UNC receives top ranking from Wall Street Journal for best value in public education

By Jordyn Williams

UNC ranked second on the Wall Street Journal's list of best-valued schools in the U.S.

Serving the students and the University community since 1893.

Here's what you need to know about Kenan-Flagler's newest master's concentration

Here's how the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is tackling wealth inequity

Here's what you need to know about the aftermath of the AKPsi suspension

Innovate Carolina and b-school entrepreneurship partner for On the Heels of Innovation podcast