Michael Jordan was born to fly, Antawn Jamison was born to rebound, Phil Ford and Raymond Felton were born to play point guard. Burgess McSwain ’66, on the other hand, was born to teach. read more
Federal authorities are opening a new investigation of UNC’s treatment of laboratory animals in response to allegations made by a national animal rights group. It is the second such investigation in two years. read more
Paul Solomon has been named interim dean of UNC’s School of Information and Library Science, effective July 1. Solomon, who has been at SILS since 1991 and has been one of the school’s associate deans, will serve during a search for a new dean. read more
A new UNC program has been developed to allow students to immerse themselves in six months of intensive study in Asian culture, taking them from the streets of Beijing to a dairy farm in the Chinese countryside. read more
UNC’s men’s basketball program delivered three checks in late June totaling $36,000 to the Interfaith Council Homeless Shelter on Rosemary Street, the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill and UNC’s Student Aid Fund. read more
The National Parkinson Foundation has designated UNC as one of its Centers of Excellence. read more
The U.S. economy is well on its way to posting a growth rate in real gross domestic product in 2004 higher than in any other year since 1984, a UNC business expert says. read more
An anonymous donor has given $3 million to UNC to endow a new professorship in honor of Richard Cole, dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication for 25 years. read more
Raising awareness of the health hazards of secondhand smoke is the goal of a new media campaign being undertaken by UNC in partnership with local programs in two North Carolina counties in opposite ends of the state – Buncombe in the west and Chowan… read more
An attempt in the N.C. General Assembly to mandate that UNC System campuses enroll no more than 18 percent of students from out of state stalled in the N.C. House in mid-June when a bill to write the current cap into law was unanimously voted back… read more