Once unsure of where her life was headed, UNC professor and New York Times columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom is in demand, in control — and done with regrets. By Beth McNichol ’95 In the 1990s, The… read more
Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, last week kicked off national American Indian Heritage Month at the Carolina Union Auditorium, reading her poetry and discussing stereotypes… read more
Gov. Roy Cooper ’79 (’82 JD) signed an executive order Nov. 1 creating a commission to advise his office and the public on the status of higher education governance and to recommend ways UNC System institutions can create more diversity on… read more
Lawyers representing Carolina and Harvard spent hours on Monday facing skeptical questions from the U.S. Supreme Court, which seems poised to rethink — and make dramatic changes to — the role of race in American college admissions. In two… read more
Today before the nation’s highest court, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz will defend the University’s inclusion of race as one factor in determining admission at UNC. Guskiewicz and University attorneys will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court to… read more
The University reported last week it had found lead in the drinking water in five additional buildings on campus, including in two residence halls. The UNC Department of Environment, Health and Safety found lead in the drinking water in Spencer… read more
Two professors in the UNC School of Social Work will direct a new, federally funded Behavioral Health Workforce Research Center in partnership with the UNC Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research. The new Behavioral Health Workforce… read more
University Day, the annual celebration commemorating Oct. 12, 1793, when the cornerstone was laid for UNC’s first building, Old East, was held amid much fanfare this year. During the ceremony, held in Memorial Hall, Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz… read more
Carolina will host next year’s World Anti-Bullying Forum, the organization’s first biennial event held outside of Europe. Dorothy Espelage, the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of education and considered one of the foremost experts… read more
Douglas S. Dibbert ’70, who as president has guided UNC’s General Alumni Association for more than 40 years and transformed it into one of the strongest, most respected alumni associations in the country, is retiring. Dibbert announced his… read more