Alumni Alston Gardner, Sheldon Peck, Sallie Shuping-Russell and John Townsend have been honored with the William Richardson Davie Award, the UNC trustees’ highest honor for service. read more
Most of the invited speakers at the Carolina Inn meeting told the UNC trustees that the Confederate statue Silent Sam is both a symbol of evil and now a threat to safety. read more
A new $9 million study, led by RTI International, aims to provide strategies for reducing opioid use among patients who are not benefitting from it while ensuring access to those who are. read more
Dr. Satish Gopal ’97 (’00 MPH), a researcher on the forefront of cancer treatment in Malawi, Africa, will be the featured speaker at the Winter Commencement ceremony. read more
A fire ignited by an incendiary device at the base of the Davie Poplar caused injuries to a UNC faculty member, and a suspect has been charged with six felonies. read more
Then-and-now reflections — some deeply personal, some the kind anyone who has passed through Chapel Hill as a college student might make —seasoned the 25th, 20th and 15th milestone reunions at La Residence. read more
The Homecoming 2017 highlight for dozens of alumni from the class of 1992 came during halftime of the football game in Kenan Stadium, when they took to the field — and showed up larger than life on the Jumbotron — to be greeted with adulation by… read more
They Boo! It’s the story of a Halloween romance. read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt has announced the Bridge Builders scholarships to honor people whose work, advocacy and personal example helped forge a more inclusive, unified and aspirational Carolina community. read more
Dr. Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless ’88 (’93 MD), former director of UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, was recently sworn in as the 15th director of the National Cancer Institute. read more