Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall ’82 has asked for and received permission to seek the death penalty for one of the men accused in the murder of Eve Carson ’08. According to The News & Observer of Raleigh, Demario Atwater… read more
Updates | Blog | Athletes Nineteen Tar Heels competed in Beijing in the Games, which opened on Aug. 8. They competed for the U.S. in women’s field hockey, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and women’s track and field. Four Carolina… read more
Beginning in fall 2009, graduate students of German at UNC and Duke will be members of both universities’ communities. The UNC and Duke trustees have approved the merger of the two programs in hope of creating a larger, stronger program amid… read more
Recorded interviews and performances by Southern traditional musicians including Ralph Stanley, Doc Watson and Elizabeth Cotton will be available free next year to library visitors at Carolina. Staff at UNC’s Wilson Library also soon will… read more
After years of talk, the next expansion of Kenan Stadium is off the ground with the UNC trustees’ approval this week. Two floors will be added to the four-story Kenan Football Center on the stadium’s west end – one for team and recruiting… read more
The Board of Trustees has approved a contract extension for women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell that signs the Hall of Fame coach through the year 2015. Hatchell recently completed her 22nd season as head coach of the Tar Heels and her 33rd… read more
James W. Dean Jr., a professor of organizational behavior and strategy and senior associate dean of academic affairs at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will become the school’s next dean effective Aug. 1. The UNC Board of Trustees on Thursday… read more
For the ninth time in the past 16 years, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education has honored the University for its fundraising success. That total is a distinction shared by only one other university: Stanford. The UNC General… read more
A $2 million capstone gift completes the goal of doubling the number of students invited to Carolina’s honors program. The gift from the Hyde Family Foundations of Memphis, Tenn., will add faculty to teach honors courses and qualifies for a $1… read more
Carolina’s fundraising efforts brought in $300.3 million in gifts in fiscal year 2008, breaking the $300 million mark for the first time in school history. The total represented the fifth straight record-setting year for this type of support,… read more