Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked the UNC the best value in American public higher education for the eighth consecutive time. Carolina has topped this list every time Kiplinger’s has produced it since 1998. The new ranking… read more
Award-winning chemistry Professor Valerie Ashby ’88 will deliver the December Commencement address on Dec. 14. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 chose his colleague in consultation with the University’s Commencement Speaker Selection Committee,… read more
Tuition is likely to rise next year 6.5 percent for in-state undergraduates and between 4.4 percent and 6.5 percent for out-of-state students under a recommendation from UNC’s Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force. The 6.5 figure is the limit; UNC… read more
The University made $903,000 worth of renovations to Quail Hill, the UNC-owned chancellor’s residence off Raleigh Road. The plans to renovate Quail Hill began while the search for a new chancellor was under way, according to a spokesman. read more
The N.C. Department of Insurance recently reviewed campus construction projects at Kenan Stadium, Boshamer Stadium and Wilson Library, resulting in delayed construction for one project and altering plans and upgrades for others. The most pressing… read more
UNC’s academic advising program has taken the first steps toward improving an advising system that has brought complaints from students and raised concerns from members of the Board of Trustees. Carolyn Cannon, associate dean for academic… read more
Risky mortgage products, not risky borrowers, are the root cause of the mortgage default crisis, according to findings from a new study of default rates among low-income and minority home buyers conducted by UNC’s Center for Community… read more
Two UNC faculty members have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, considered one of the nation’s highest honors for those in the fields of health and medicine. Dr. Etta Pisano, vice dean for academic affairs in the UNC School of Medicine,… read more
Students, faculty and staff are invited to share ideas and perspectives about how to strengthen the University at a campus forum Thursday, Oct. 30. The forum, free and open to anyone, will be held at 2 p.m. in Gerrard Hall. Attendees will join… read more
The N.C. Institute for Public Health has been awarded an $8.5 million, five-year grant to create a new research center focused on helping protect the state from a wide range of disasters and threats. The institute, part of the University’s… read more