In his first letter to alumni as “director of alumni affairs” in the September 1970 edition of The Alumni Review, Clarence Whitefield ’44 penned, “I guess I’m one of the luckiest guys in the world.” Just weeks before,… read more
Beth Mayer-Davis, the Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of nutrition and medicine, was named dean of The Graduate School, effective Sept. 1. For the past eight years, Mayer-Davis, who is also director of the UNC Nutrition Obesity… read more
Stuart Scott ’87 and Curry Kirkpatrick ’65 were among four inducted this summer into the National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame. Scott, who died in 2015, was an ESPN sportscaster known for his catchphrases such as “Boo-Yah” and… read more
A permanent memorial honoring James Lewis Cates Jr., a Black man who was stabbed to death 52 years ago in a racially motivated attack outside the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, is planned to be installed this year in the Pit. Cates, 22, a… read more
University officials last month filed a response brief with the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a lawsuit challenging how universities select and educate students, arguing the plaintiff lacks standing in the case. The court plans to hear oral… read more
UNC released in July the details of its settlement with Nikole Hannah-Jones ’03 (MA), who was offered a teaching position last year at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media before she accepted a post at another university. The… read more
The call from the Dallas Mavericks’ office last spring caught Kinston City Council member Chris Suggs ’21 by surprise. A team representative told Suggs that Mavericks forward Reggie Bullock ’14 had been nominated for the NBA’s Social… read more
This is part of a series on the 100th anniversary of the GAA hiring its first full-time, paid professional staff member for an organization that for 80 years prior had been run by volunteers. Badges, nametags, posters, cards: all printed… read more
This is part of a series on the 100th anniversary of the GAA hiring its first full-time, paid professional staff member for an organization that for 80 years prior had been run by volunteers. In his diary entry for Aug. 16, 1927, his… read more
Once viewed as an unlikely choice to be women’s lacrosse coach, Jenny Levy led her team to an undefeated season and its third national championship. As the bus rolled out of Baltimore, the boisterous passengers — Carolina’s… read more