A handful of students are expected to have help with the cost of their educations from a new source next fall. The Family Scholarship Fund, which has received $200,000 in seed money from the University, is aimed at children of UNC employees who… read more
For his accomplishments and dedication to colleagues and the University, John P. “Jack” Evans was honored Jan. 14 with the General Alumni Association’s Faculty Service Award. read more
UNC senior Richard Waters is one of 12 recipients of the 2005-06 George J. Mitchell Scholarship, supporting graduate study in Ireland and Northern Ireland. He is UNC’s second Mitchell Scholarship recipient since the program began in 1998 and was… read more
When I first encouraged South Building colleagues to develop and annually update the accompanying chart, we could not anticipate how Carolina’s principal funding sources would change over time. The growth to a combined total of$1.2 billion from… read more
In the widening wake of Chancellor James Moeser’s cancellation of an award named for Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Spencer’s heirs have asked the University to remove her name from the dorm named for her in 1927. read more
Coming to campus soon? If you were planning to cruise by the Old Well on Cameron Avenue, check for the latest street-closing notices first. read more
Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, will deliver the keynote address for the 24th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Week, Jan. 16-21, at UNC. read more
The gala reopening has been postponed, but renovation and additions to Memorial Hall are expected to be finished in June. read more
They were a part of the campus rocked by the Sept. 11 attacks; they debated the controversial summer reading assignments, witnessed major changes in the honor code, and rode the roller coasters of success and disappointment with the major sports… read more
Representatives of the University and the Chapel Hill community debated UNC’s perspective on its Reconstruction years in October in a two-day symposium sparked by a call to discontinue naming a distinguished women’s award for Cornelia Phillips… read more