Scientists looking for evidence of life on Mars have turned to technology invented by UNC researchers to help with their mission. A team from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has created a device for use on the European… read more
For the first time, the UNC System Board of Governors will be led by a woman. Hannah Dawson Gage ’75 was elected to a two-year term as chair. Gage graduated with a journalism degree and went on to found and, for a time, own Cape Fear Broadcasting… read more
The Tar Heels rapped out 17 hits and scored in four of the first five innings to defeat Louisiana State University 8-4 in their first game of the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. The Heels advance in the winner’s bracket to play Fresno State… read more
The University is about to own another piece of Franklin Street – a big one. Through the UNC at Chapel Hill Foundation Inc., it will acquire the 12-acre site that contains University Square and Granville Towers. The move gives UNC substantial… read more
UNC Hospitals plans to ask the state for permission, and some of the money, to expand not far from the site of the original N.C. Memorial Hospital on the campus. It wants to add a 321-bed tower just south of the main tower built in 1975 to… read more
Twenty-five rising sophomores at Carolina have been awarded full scholarships for an innovative seven-week study abroad program in Southeast Asia this summer. The Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, now… read more
UNC has received a $61 million National Institutes of Health grant intended to help speed how scientific discoveries directly benefit patients in communities across North Carolina. UNC is among 14 academic health centers in 11 states to join the… read more
ABC News has selected UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication as home to a new, student-staffed digital bureau. ABC News on Campus is a partnership serving to educate and mentor talented college students of five top U.S. journalism… read more
The Tar Heels (52-12) prevailed against LSU on Sunday to win Β 8-4. They move on to play Fresno State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Eastern). With the Heels back to the College World Series, Carolina alumni are seen as the backbone of the surging… read more
John Haus ’83 will not return for a ninth season as head coach of the men’s lacrosse team. The coach’s overall record was 58-52, and his team was 8-6 this spring – winning its first five games but losing four of the next seven. The Tar Heels lost… read more