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
After a national competition in undergraduate education that drew more than 675 proposals, the Ford Foundation has selected UNC as one of 27 higher education institutions to receive $100,000 grants for projects that promote academic freedom and… read more
Joan Didion, author of the best-selling memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, will speak on campus on Feb. 28. The book recently won the 2005 National Book Award for nonfiction. read more
A recent update presented to the Board of Trustees about Carolina’s progress on becoming the nation’s “leading public university” — as reflected in the University’s progress on carefully selected “measures of excellence” — prompted me to recall… read more
For a fifth straight year, Carolina ranks first among the best values at the top 100 U.S. public university campuses, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. read more
Bob Woodward, best-selling author and assistant managing editor of The Washington Post, will kick off the spring season of Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Dean’s Speaker Series on Jan. 17. read more
More U.S. hospitals are getting a jump on Code Blue situations – when person’s heart or lungs, or both, stop working – by establishing what are called “rapid response teams.” As these teams develop, they mainly have been attending to adult patients. read more
The Department of Defense is putting $3 million into the UNC-led Citizen-Soldier Support Program to strengthen outreach to the families and loved ones of those serving in the Army and Air National Guard and the reserve components of the armed… read more