2023 William Richardson Davie AwardUniversity Communications, Tuesday, November 14th, 2023. The second Black woman to graduate from UNC-Chapel Hill, Edith Hubbard came to Carolina in 1964 as a junior from Bennett College, completing her bachelor's degree in 1965 and in 1969 a master's degree in college teaching. In the early 1990s, she returned to UNC as associate director of research services and also led the way in implementing electronic research administration software that revolutionized the field.