For the 10th time in the past 17 years, a national organization that supports educational advancement efforts has honored UNC for its fundraising success. No other university, public or private, can match that record. UNC has received a 2009… read more
Too often we wait until a colleague retires or departs to take on new challenges before we publicly acknowledge what we’ve long observed about their remarkable contributions. Happily, the recent renewal of his contract for an additional three years… read more
A young elementary school teacher, widowed in the 1940s and with a 2-year-old daughter, Mary Turner Lane could have stayed in New Bern and continued to teach. Instead, she chose to come to UNC, where she earned her master’s in education in 1953… read more
The University and Nike Inc. have signed a new 10-year contract for Nike to be the exclusive supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and accessory products to the Tar Heels. UNC and Nike signed the contract in late May, according to a news release… read more
Gerhard L. Weinberg, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of history, has won a lifetime achievement award in military writing. The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award recognizes a living author for a body of work that has… read more
Carolina and the rest of the UNC System are going ahead with permanent budget cuts totaling 10 percent of the state’s 2009-10 appropriations for the universities as they wait for the N.C. General Assembly’s decision on the budget. In a letter to… read more
A tree in front of Spanky’s at the corner of Franklin and Columbia streets has become a trophy. The town of Chapel Hill topped the tree, already scheduled for removal, after fans celebrating the men’s NCAA basketball championship in April… read more
A Carolina-born program has received an award of up to $8.5 million over five years to help bring clean drinking water and improved sanitation and hygiene to people in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The funding, from the U.S. Agency for… read more
Carolina finished the 2008-09 athletic season in second place nationally in the annual Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. And for the 14th time in the 16-year history of the award, Carolina also is this year’s highest finishing school in the Atlantic… read more
After years of planning and 10 months of stop-and-go negotiations, the UNC Board of Trustees and the Chapel Hill Town Council agreed this week on how to move forward with nearly 1,000 acres envisioned as a satellite campus called Carolina… read more