A nonfiction account of the relationship between a nun and two death-row convicts, their families and individuals on either side of the death-penalty debate has been selected as this year’s summer reading program book. The Death of Innocents:… read more
About 2,700 applicants for fall 2007 admission to Carolina were notified mistakenly on January 23 that they had been accepted. In fact, decisions on these applications have not been made, and the students were not expecting decisions until March… read more
Carolina’s African studies center has received a federal grant designating it as one of 11 National Resource Centers in the specialty. The Department of Education award – about $220,000 annually for four years – will allow the UNC center to… read more
Carolina has home football games against James Madison and South Carolina this fall and will go on the road to play East Carolina and South Florida. The Heels are excused this year from playing ACC opponents Boston College, Clemson and Florida… read more
The Maya people of Central America, whose civilization thrived from about 1800 B.C. to A.D. 1200, charted the heavens, mastered mathematics, built elaborate temple-pyramids and developed the only true writing system native to the Americas. All… read more
Carolina has moved up three spots among large schools to eighth on an annual ranking of universities with alumni serving in the Peace Corps. The University currently has 77 volunteers working for the corps. The University of Washington leads with… read more
Noted Carolina alumnus Charles Kuralt ’55 shared in the GAA’s award-winning 1983 On the Road in Chapel Hill audio slide show that he “once advocated as DTH editor that Carolina should withdraw from big-time athletics. However, it is not… read more
For his dedication to students and to the University, George Lensing Jr. was recognized Jan. 12 with the GAA’s 2007 Faculty Service Award. Given annually since 1990, the award recognizes faculty members whose service has had a lasting… read more
Carolina is taking the lead for the sixth straight year as the nation’s “best value” on a list of 100 four-year public colleges and universities. The University was ranked number one on the list – a periodic analysis by Kiplinger’s Personal… read more
A 1964 letter written on a paper towel from the jail in Hillsborough, newly available photographs of desegregation protests and sit-ins at Chapel Hill businesses, and a 1965 letter from J. Edgar Hoover transmitting information about the FBI’s stance… read more