
Walk through The Carolina Inn, courtesy of WUNC-TV, to get your own glimpse of UNC's history lining the inn's walls at alumni.unc.edu/go/innpictures
Review student intern Emily Palmer encountered playwright Athol Fugard while taking the SAT, and she made a note to check him out. They take away your notes after the SAT. But at UNC he reappeared in front of her. Read Emily's blog about Fugard. More of her entries are online.
Helene Cooper '10, White House correspondent for The New York Times, gave the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication's Nelson Benton Lecture on March 20. She spoke with Dean Susan King about her time at Carolina; The Daily Tar Heel and the emotions from seeing her first byline in the DTH; and about her current position as White House correspondent. Cooper, originally from Liberia, also discussed her initial interest in journalism and its ability to connect her to the world and her home country.
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Remembering the campus dogs; treating students as adults, not children. |
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Alumni Summer College: A chance to be a student again (without the exams). |
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![]() Correspondent Helene Cooper '10, who covers the White House for The New York Times, visits campus to talk about her life and the job that takes her around the world. |
Sue Falsone '00 (MS), new head trainer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, aims to break the cycle of injuries. |
For Pat Morgan '62, sharing the love of books has been a decades-long mission. |
Ever used a cell phone to take a digital photo? Marc Levoy '89 (PhD), this year's doctoral hooding ceremony speaker, was part of that, shedding new light on animation and digital photography. |
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How important are college sports? Budget cuts have led to the elimination of some sports at some colleges. We asked alumni to rate the importance of athletics to universities and the college experience. Read what they said and share your thoughts at alumni.unc.edu/go/legacyadmissions and on the GAA's Facebook page at alumni.unc.edu/facebook.
Yours at Carolina
Doug Dibbert '70 reflects on alumni loyalty, relationships and experiences and how the GAA builds and engages alumni connections to Carolina.
Painting the Town Pink, Orange, Blue, Green...

This, of course, is another of those "while you alumni were at work Friday afternoon" moments in the lives the future leaders of our society. The Hindu festival Holi heralds the coming of spring -- called the "festival of colors" -- and this is what you get when you mix powdered paint, water and dancing: Carolina's fourth annual Holi Moli. Go to alumni.unc.edu/go/holi_moli to read an eyewitness account by Review intern Emily Palmer in the GAA's student blog section and see what students look like when it's over.
Photo by Edward Lee
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