John Parkhill “Jack” Evans was born in Indiana, not North Carolina, and he didn’t attend Carolina — his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees all came from Cornell. But no one ever challenges Jack when he proudly boasts, “I’m a Tar… read more
The sun sets on a Thursday evening in Chapel Hill with the humidity and the day’s heat still lingering in the air, and, like a sign, people begin to shake out blankets and towels or unfold their chairs and congregate at a central point in Chapel… read more
The UNC-based College Sport Research Institute is hosting its second annual Tee Off for Tar Heels Benefit Golf Tournament in October to help support the University. The event is being planned, organized and managed by UNC sport administration… read more
Carolina has finished seventh nationally in this year’s Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup, which measures a school’s postseason success in all varsity sports. It was the 15th time that the Tar Heels have had a top 10 finish. The award, which has… read more
As a $19 billion state budget was signed this week, Carolina was: Looking at a cut of about 5 percent, as it had expected; Weighing a tuition increase of $750 in addition to an increase already approved for this fall; and Breathing easier… read more
The UNC System Board of Governors is seeking suggestions and nominations as it searches for a successor to Erskine Bowles ’67 as the next president of the UNC System. Bowles announced in February that he plans to retire. Bowles, who will turn 65… read more
The UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication finished first overall in the Intercollegiate Competition of the 50th anniversary of the Hearst Journalism Awards, often called the Pulitzers of college journalism. The first-place finish… read more
The co-founder of the Robertson Scholars program that pays for selected students to take classes at UNC and Duke died June 8 in New York. Josephine Tucker “Josie” Robertson was 67. She and her husband, Julian Hart Robertson Jr. ’55, donated… read more
The financially beleaguered Chapel Hill Museum is set to close its doors. Founded in 1996 and housed in the former public library building not far from the campus on Franklin Street, the museum has relied primarily on volunteers and never has had… read more
More than 3,200 historic maps of North Carolina are now available online as part of the digital North Carolina Maps project. Visitors to the site can see the results of a three-year collaborative project to identify and scan nearly every… read more