“At the core of our mission is graduating students prepared to work and live in an interconnected, global world,” said Chancellor Carol L. Folt. “So many students tell me that their study abroad has made a huge, positive impression on them and… read more
“Given the strong links between obesity and many cancers, the rising rates of obesity and cancer worldwide and the challenges for many people to lose excess weight, there is an urgent need to better understand how obesity impacts the cancer… read more
Kristen McAvoy ’12 found her voice helping cancer patients, their families, friends and caregivers raise awareness about lung cancer and asking for support to fight the disease. read more
Clarence Page, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was called in to moderate a town hall meeting on race and inclusion on the campus on Thursday, had barely begun to speak when a group of students took control of the event and recited a long… read more
This year’s honorees are Lucius E. Burch III ’63 of Nashville, Tenn.; Betty Ray McCain ’52 of Wilson; and Roy H. Park Jr. ’61 of Ithaca, N.Y. read more
African-American students representing the Real Silent Sam Coalition, the Black Student Movement and other campus organizations held a lengthy rally Friday to air what they called long-standing grievances over the racial climate on the campus. A… read more
The University has fired two more people in the wake of the athletics-academic scandal, and has prohibited a former senior administrator from ever holding an administrative position at UNC again. It cleared three other staff members whose actions… read more
The three official residences of the UNC presidents account for only a third of the places they lived. read more
The quest by Joel Fodrie ’99 to think like a fish has only just started and has a long, long way to go. Already it’s been a round trip. read more
In North Carolina’s summer of the shark, in which an abnormally high eight bites on humans were reported in the surf this year between June 1 and July 4, Joel Fodrie ’99 was the reluctant point man when the media called UNC’s Institute of… read more