The American Council on Education recently honored Chancellor James Moeser with an award for his leadership in the launch of UNC’s nationally recognized Carolina Covenant, which provides a debt-free education to deserving low-income students. The… read more
In the past year, 35 faculty members have been named to endowed professorships – designations that are created through gifts to the University and that recognize excellence in teaching and research. Gifts for endowed professorships are invested,… read more
The N.C. General Assembly has created the state’s first University Cancer Research Fund with the passage of the new state budget. The fund, established to accelerate cancer research at UNC’s School of Medicine and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer… read more
The Morehead Scholars Program, for 56 years the most prestigious entity associated with the University, is now the Morehead-Cain Scholars Program – the result of a $100 million gift that will greatly expand what the program can do for UNC’s academic… read more
The University looked inside its faculty for the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Holden Thorp ’86, a 14-year member of the chemistry department and currently its chair, will assume the deanship July 1, pending approval by the… read more
The dedication Monday of the George Moses Horton Residence Hall will mark the first time that a building at Carolina has been named in honor of a slave. Horton Hall also is believed to be the first university building in the nation to carry a… read more
If an insect can be born, live and die in three weeks, then the average Carolina student should be able to complete a course in the same amount of time. “My friend in the laboratory says the life cycle of a flea is three weeks,” said Bobbi Owen,… read more
More than four tons of food were kicked to the curb last year through UNC’s dining services operation, deepening a six-year profit deficit of about $1 million. “The last two years we have lost money, but it can be associated with the Rams Head,”… read more
Housing for UNC faculty and staff is in the works on 63 acres of land on Homestead Road, marking the University’s first attempt to help with lower-cost housing. Carolina Commons will provide 60 condominium units to UNC employees. Roughly 53 of… read more
The two-year renovation of Morrison Residence Hall is coming to a close, and it is expected to reopen in August with a distinctly environmental flair. The 10-story brick high-rise on South Campus, known to many for its 1960s architecture and lack… read more