With the close of the final deadline for first-year admission for fall 2015, the University has achieved a 10th consecutive record for first-year applications — an increase of 2 percent from a year earlier and up 37 percent from five years… read more
The UNC System Board of Governors voted almost unanimously Friday to truncate the tenure of system President Thomas Ross ’75 (JD). Ross, who just began his fifth year at the helm of the 16-campus system, will depart at the beginning of January… read more
Acclaimed researchers in HIV/AIDS and public health and a writer whose works have appeared on the page and stage were honored Friday with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. The GAA Board of Directors presented the awards to Dr. Myron “Mike”… read more
Reading the 131-page Wainstein report is extremely difficult and sobering for all who respect and care so deeply for our alma mater, and yet, it is very important that we each read and reflect on the entire report before rushing to judgment. read more
The University has retained one of the world’s largest law firms — New York-based Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — to represent it in what a University-issued statement referred to as “ongoing matters.” David Parker ’80,… read more
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Kenan-Flagler Business School’s MBA@UNC program No. 1 in its first ranking of online MBA programs, tying it with programs at Indiana and Temple universities for the top spot. Kenan-Flagler… read more
The University has taken action to fire longtime faculty member Jan Boxill for her involvement in a paper classes scheme that has been at the center of a long-running saga involving UNC’s former department of African and Afro-American… read more
The University once again — and for the 14th time in a row — is the best value in American public higher education, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine Carolina has topped the list based on academic quality and… read more
The School of Information and Library Science has been awarded its largest contract ever to operate the Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park Library over the next five years. The new award, of $25.3 million, significantly expands… read more
Three juniors — Michael Adams, Paige Nielsen and Nancy Smith — have been named Eve Carson Scholars for 2015. The scholarship will fund half of the cost of attendance in their senior year, plus $5,000 each for a summer experience they have… read more