Carolina is getting used to seeing Notre Dame in the NCAA women’s soccer tournament. This was the third straight year in which the two teams had faced each other, and the Irish tasted the opportunity to be only the second school in history to go… read more
Chemistry Professor Valerie Ashby ’88 told December graduates that they should prepare themselves to put their smarts and savvy to the service of society. “As you walk out of this experience, certainly a more informed person than the one who sang… read more
UNC’s library administration decided not to put up Christmas trees this season in Wilson and Davis libraries following complaints over several years by some library staff and patrons who opposed the singular focus on the Christmas custom. The… read more
Nine Carolina undergraduates representing eight academic majors will study in Asia in the spring semester as Phillips Ambassadors. The students have been awarded scholarships for study in China, Singapore, India, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea. The… read more
Eleven UNC students have received 2008-09 U.S. Student Fulbright Program awards to study, teach or conduct research in other countries. Nationwide, more than 1,450 students were chosen for academic or professional achievement and leadership… read more
Researchers at UNC and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have synthetically reconstructed the bat variant of the SARS coronavirus that caused the SARS epidemic of 2003. The scientists say designing and synthesizing the virus is a major step… read more
βAlumni should be reassured that we will not grow unless the resources are provided that will be essential if we are to retain and enhance the quality of educational experience for all Carolina students.βΒ This sentence concluded my column… read more
Aisha Ihab Saad of Cary has trekked the Amazon region, hiked the Rockies and the Himalayas, and climbed a volcano in Peru. Elisabeth “Lisette” Yorke has conducted AIDS research in Thailand and Cambodia, been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and… read more
The UNC trustees have agreed unanimously to raise tuition $240 for in-state undergraduatesΒ β the maximum allowable under a 6.5 percent cap imposed by the UNC System Board of GovernorsΒ β for the 2009-10 school year. The campus pulse on… read more
The law school’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, created in 2005 and originally led by former U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards ’77 (JD), is now directed by Gene Nichol, former dean of the school. Nichol has succeeded Marion Crain, who left the… read more