As UNC awaits a ruling from the National Collegiate Athletic Association on rules violations in its football program, an ad hoc group of faculty members has issued what it calls a “statement on athletic principles” designed to encourage a more… read more
With four Grand Awards and three additional honors, the GAA and the Carolina Alumni Review are recognized for top programming and magazine journalism. read more
The Dance Marathon, UNC’s largest student-run fundraiser, just keeps getting bigger. This year, the organizers dropped the 1,600-dancer limit, resulting in approximately 2,000 dancers participating. The event raised $483,210.36 for the N.C. read more
Women’s lacrosse attacker Corey Donohoe ’11, track and field decathlete Mateo Sossah ’11 and football quarterback T.J. Yates ’10 are the recipients of the 2011 Patterson Medals, the most prestigious awards presented to athletes at… read more
Seniors Amber Micole Koonce and Cody Mitchell Poplin have earned 2012-2013 scholarships from the Henry Luce Foundation in New York. The Luce Scholarship funds a year of living and learning in East and Southeast Asia for recent college graduates… read more
U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will deliver the May Commencement address for the School of Law. The service will be at 10 a.m. May 12 in Carmichael Arena. “As the nation’s top government attorney, with a remarkable record of prior… read more
As the up-bound Friday morning traffic moved at its usual pace on the eastern entrance to the campus, down the hill — covering both traffic lanes — came some 50 banner- and sign-bearing students headed for the chambers of the UNC System Board of… read more
Rameses XVIII, the blue-horned dorset ram who roamed the Kenan Stadium sidelines for four seasons, has died. Caretaker Ann Leonard ’82 (MSPH) said the ram, who had gone by the name Pablo before he attained stardom as the Carolina… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 says no, for now at least, to a proposal that would enable the University to offer gender-neutral housing. In a memo to Winston Crisp ’92 (JD), vice chancellor for student affairs, Thorp said the issue had not been… read more
Amy Locklear Hertel ’97, of the Lumbee and Coharie tribes of North Carolina, will become director of the American Indian Center at UNC on May 1. The American Indian Center at Carolina is one of few centers on the East Coast to focus solely on… read more