Twenty-one teachers in nine categories have been honored with the University’s 2006 Teaching Awards, the highest campuswide recognition for teaching excellence. The honorees were recognized during halftime of the Feb. 4 Carolina-Clemson men’s… read more
The UNC School of Nursing is holding an artisan fundraiser on Tuesday, Feb. 7, to raise money to send volunteers from the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health to participate in the Gulf Coast hurricane relief effort during Spring… read more
Feb. 1 marks the start of the annual “Beat Hunger, Beat Duke” competition, which raises money and collects cans of food to assist needy families in North Carolina. At Carolina the competition is sponsored by the Campus Y and receives promotional… read more
The Peace Corps’ latest ranking of college graduates who are serving as volunteers shows Carolina has moved up three spots, to No. 11, on the top 25 list for large schools. A total of 59 UNC alumni currently serve as volunteers, and 921 have served… read more
UNC’s summer reading program book selection committee has made The Namesake, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, its choice for incoming undergraduates to read and discuss. read more
The Arizona Board of Regents has selected UNC’s Provost Robert N. Shelton as the next president of the University of Arizona. Shelton, who has been Carolina’s executive vice chancellor and provost since 1999, was selected over three other finalists… read more
Annual tuition will go up $250 for in-state undergraduates and $1,100 for those from outside North Carolina next fall following approval by by the UNC System Board of Governors. The BOG, which approved all tuition change requests across the 16… read more
Jane Brown’s mother taught her that to be part of a community, she would need to work for that community. Brown has been a faculty member at UNC for nearly 30 years, and from the start she saw the campus as her community. read more
Holocaust expert Deborah Lipstadt will headline the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies’ spring lecture series at UNC with a talk on April 10. read more
Working half a world away from each other, two teams of medical scientists have identified what they believe is a simple, effective and inexpensive treatment to reduce lung problems associated with cystic fibrosis, the leading fatal genetic illness… read more