6.30.06 | Sports
Carolina’s runner-up finish at the College Baseball World Series clinched fourth place for the Tar Heels in the 2006 Directors’ Cup, the all-sport competition sponsored by the National Association of College Directors of Athletics and formerly known…
Welcome-Home Photo Gallery | Additional photos at tarheelblue.com ‘I told them, “You’re somewhat a part of history here.”‘ – Coach Mike Fox ’78 Mike Fox ’78 will readily admit that he never thought it would take him so long to get… read more
Carolina recently awarded more than $22,000 in need- and merit-based study abroad scholarships to 13 undergraduates. The students, whose majors include nursing, psychology and international studies, will travel to places such as Taipei, Taiwan;… read more
With his ankles in shackles, Mohammed Taheri-Azar ’05 shuffled from a squad car into a back door of the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough on Wednesday. In those few seconds, two television reporters asked the questions of the day:… read more
Carolina is the one large campus where academic scholarships outnumber athletic ones. A legislative provision to bring more out-of-state talent into the UNC System will do that, but most of the talent will shine on athletics fields and courts,… read more
In 2003, when William Ferris left behind 18 years at the University of Mississippi to accept a history professorship at UNC, the former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture… read more
The UNC Board of Trustees has approved a two-year contract extension for Athletics Director Dick Baddour ’66 that will run through the 2008-09 season. During Baddour’s nine years in the post, the Tar Heels have won a league-leading 49 Atlantic… read more
Artifacts suggest that the South Carolina site that UNC archaeology students and faculty have been excavating was indeed the home of UNC founder William R. Davie, but they contradict the local lore that Union troops burned the house in… read more
Greensboro attorney Jim Phillips ’79 was elected on Friday to a two-year term as chairman of the UNC System Board of Governors. He succeeds Brad Wilson, who had served since 2002. Also, Raleigh businessman J. Craig Souza was re-elected vice… read more
The individual stories of more than 500 Southerners, describing their personal experiences of history, will be heard around the world, thanks to a federal grant to the University. The $505,232 award from the Institute of Museum and Library… read more