Linda Pace ’77 drove her 14-year-old son, Gerald, to Chapel Hill from their home in Atlanta so he would hear what she’d been telling him all along: Grades count. So do SAT scores. Get involved and challenge yourself in high school. And pay attention… read more
Six UNC freshmen are joining the ranks of 25 students before them who have received a scholarship from the GAA, giving them yet another reason to love Carolina. The GAA Scholars program has awarded each student a $1,500 renewable grant, up from… read more
For those who prefer, UNC could come to stand for University of No Classrooms. The UNC System has launched UNC Online, a one-stop shop that is meant to rival for-profit online education heavyweights such as the University of Phoenix. A Web… read more
As federal funding for research stalls and competition for investment from other sources heats up, Carolina has again grown its revenues. Growth hit 2.9 percent in fiscal 2007, putting UNC above $610 million in total grants and contracts. That’s… read more
Carolina posted a 72 percent success rate in keeping faculty members who were recruitment targets of other universities in the last year – the highest in five years. In the 2006-07 academic year, 87 faculty members received offers from other… read more
Carolina’s law school could move to the 1,000-acre satellite campus known as Carolina North within the next 15 years. The School of Public Health could expand to the new campus, and UNC Health Care might open an ambulatory care center there. read more
Carolina has set a new record for annual gifts, receiving $250.8 million in private gifts in fiscal 2007. The new record means the University has set four consecutive years of such record-setting support, topping $239 million in 2006, $192.5… read more
Roger L. Perry Sr. ’71, president of Chapel Hill-based East West Partners, will chair the UNC Board of Trustees for the next year, and Karol V. Mason ’79 of Atlanta will serve as vice chair. In the trustees’ elections Thursday, Rusty Carter ’71 of… read more
While the Carolina Alumni Review is the most visible GAA benefit, the services performed by our alumni records staff are among the most appreciated contributions made to our University colleagues and our alumni.Β With great care, daily… read more
Six medical specialties offered at UNC Hospitals rank among the top 50 programs of their kind nationwide, according to the July 25 issue of U.S. News & World Report magazine. The number is down from seven a year ago and nine in… read more