Oliver Smithies, the University’s first full-time faculty member to win a Nobel Prize and a world-renowned giant in the field of gene targeting, died Tuesday at UNC Hospitals after a short illness. He was 91. Smithies, the School of… read more
The enforcement staff of the NCAA has sent UNC a third notice of allegations in a long-running saga over athletics and academics issues that reiterates that UNC violated “issues that go to the core of the collegiate model” when it failed to… read more
Three Carolina undergraduates are recipients of a fellowship set up by two alumni for students who have started a Chinese language journey and seek to develop advanced working language skills. read more
Hordes of butterflies dance around blooming flowers to the beat of the buzzing cicadas. A firefly light show floods the spaces between trees. An unlucky ant meanders into the jaws of a Venus fly trap. There’s nothing more beautiful, or alive, than… read more
The rate in-state students pay as incoming freshmen will be frozen for four years. read more
The University will receive $2.8 million in the first year, and up to $15 million in grant funding over five years, to influence the future of transportation safety research. read more
Bob Young ’57 made plays on Carolina’s first national championship team in men’s basketball. These days, he believes in the power of poetry. read more
Carolina took the top ranking among public colleges in two categories: best in-state and best out-of-state value. read more
Twenty years ago — or in Bob Dylan years, between the release of World Gone Wrong (1993) and Time Out of Mind (1997) — Gordon Ball ’76 (MA) got a call from the office of Allen Ginsberg. The legendary Beat poet, Ball’s… read more
Carolina Alumni members have a new online option in 2017 for voting for candidates for the association’s Board of Directors in 2017. read more