UNC is turning to an alumnus to serve as a consultant and to review Greek life at the University with an eye toward recommendations about ways to improve the system. In a letter to D. Jordan Whichard III ’79, trustees Chair Robert Winston III… read more
The director of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been honored with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. Dr. H. Shelton “Shelley” Earp III ’70 (MD) also is a professor of pharmacology and medicine and Lineberger Professor of… read more
Actor and producer Danny Glover will give the 29th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Lecture on Jan. 21 at Carolina. The free public talk at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall will be preceded by a candlelight vigil starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Old… read more
If they retired awards such as this, it would be about time to start thinking about that. But you have to earn the top ranking in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine’s survey of the best values in public higher education, and Carolina has… read more
What is it about sports that use nets around here? Two more national champions and a third team among the last four standing – that’s the short of it for soccer and field hockey in the fall of 2009. Stanford was unbeaten and had allowed just… read more
Cancer researcher Dr. Lisa Carey told graduates at UNC’s December Commencement they likely won’t have trouble being successful in life, because they’ve already proved they can succeed. “And people who succeed tend to do it over and over again,”… read more
A Carolina freshman from Rhode Island died Wednesday at UNC Hospitals from complications of the H1N1 virus. Lillian Chason had been in critical condition, on life support, since about a week before Thanksgiving, according to Facebook posts by her… read more
The Daily Tar Heel is set to move its headquarters off campus less than a block from where it was born nearly 117 years ago. The newspaper’s board of directors has approved the move to an office building at 151 E. Rosemary St. The… read more
For years, scientists have tried to determine the basis for discrepancies between race and the predisposition for development of diseases such as type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Could factors such as differences in lifestyle or access… read more
From professional athletes to weekend warriors, the condition known as “runner’s knee” is a painful and potentially debilitating injury suffered by millions of people — although until now, it has been unclear what causes it. New research from… read more