To help the campus community remain safe, both on and off campus, Carolina is providing an app that turns cellphones into personal safety devices. The Rave Guardian Campus Safety App, a joint initiative between Student Affairs and the Department of… read more
Students arrived this fall to an assignment they might not have expected but are required to complete: A course on understanding and prevention of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The online training — which also is expected to be… read more
Licensing technologies created at Carolina generated $7.93 million in income for the University in fiscal 2014, more than double the highest amount of royalty income Carolina has received in a single year. The amount comes from licensing revenues… read more
The University has backed off a plan to charge students, staff and visitors to park on campus after 5 p.m. The trustees voted last November to require those who wanted to park in campus lots in the evenings Monday through Thursday to buy permits,… read more
31,331 applied for admission 8,917, or 28.5 percent, were admitted 3,988, or 44.8 percent, are expected to enroll 57.8 percent female, 42.2 percent male 17.9 percent of those enrolling are… read more
Carolina is marking the centenary of World War I in 2014-15 with a yearlong, interdisciplinary “conversation” among faculty, students and the community, examining the war’s legacy and impact. Events kick off this month with a multimedia… read more
The News & Observer has reported that critics of former UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham have found instances of possible plagiarism in the thesis she wrote for a master’s degree at UNC-Greensboro in 2009. Willingham has… read more
In a reversal of its own policy, the UNC System Board of Governors last week voted unanimously to place a 15 percent cap on the amount of tuition revenue that can be applied to need-based student financial aid. This could have a dramatic impact… read more
The University attracted $297.5 million in private gifts and grants in fiscal 2014. The total marked the second-best year in UNC history and was 9 percent higher than the $272.8 million raised in 2013. Commitments also rose 9 percent, to $310… read more
A UNC professor has died after being mugged in a residential area near campus Wednesday afternoon. Feng Liu, a research professor in UNC’s Eshelman School of Pharmacy, sustained severe head wounds in the attack on West University Drive in… read more