Speculate about why she changed, but don’t question her successes at Carolina. The name Marion Jones ’97 is engraved in glass in the windows of the Track and Field Hall of Honor. One of the “Tar Heel Track & Field Olympians.” 2000 Sydney. read more
A statewide anti-smoking campaign reached significantly more youths across North Carolina between 2006 and 2007, and most youngsters are paying attention to the message, according to an evaluation by researchers in UNC’s School of Medicine. The… read more
In a game that spawned the term “slobber knocker,” is there a limit to the amount of impact a football player’s head can handle before the player suffers a concussion? The answer is yes … and no, say researchers at UNC. High-tech helmets worn… read more
Dan Reed, founder of an ambitious Triangle universities consortium known as the Renaissance Computing Institute, has left the University to take a position with Microsoft Research. Reed, who also has been Chancellor’s Eminent Professor and senior… read more
The UNC field hockey team won its fifth national championship in November with a 3-0 victory over Penn State at College Park, Md. The team finished its season undefeated with 24 wins. Karen Shelton, who has coached the Heels since 1981, has… read more
The final Commencement speaker of the James Moeser administration is, like Moeser, a musical artist. Soprano Jessye Norman, one of America’s most celebrated performers, will address the class of 2008 on May 11 in Kenan Stadium. Moeser met… read more
On the eve of the Duke game, which would give Carolina four football victories in Coach Butch Davis’ first season, Davis was given an eighth year on his contract and a $291,000-per-year raise. The athletics department’s action requires approval of… read more
In-state undergraduates are getting a break from tuition increase next year, while out-of-state undergraduates and graduate students both will see their costs go up. Nonresident undergraduate tuition now will top the $20,000-a-year mark. The Board… read more
Chancellor James Moeser’s announcement that he will step down June 30 as Carolina’s ninth chancellor has prompted many to speculate about what the Chancellor Search Committee will focus on in choosing finalists to recommend to the UNC Board of… read more
Four friends of the University have been presented with the prestigious William Richardson Davie Award by UNC’s Board of Trustees. This year’s honorees are Joe Hackney ’67 of Chapel Hill; Mike Overlock ’68 of Greenwich, Conn.; Ken Thompson ’73 of… read more