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By the time an infant is born, he knows a few things about the world that awaits. “A newborn baby is already quite adept at recognizing his mother’s voice,” said Steve Reznick ’73, a professor of psychology and director of the department’s…
Carolina students are known for traveling the world, so it’s no surprise that most of them move away from Chapel Hill after graduation. Keeping up with where UNC’s nearly 250,000 alumni live is the job of the GAA’s Records Department. About every… read more
Every picture tells a story. And when alumni are traveling overseas, the photos they take may find their way to more places. The University Center for International Studies is seeking submissions for its sixth annual International Education Week… read more
A three-time art museum director with extensive experience in the field has been appointed director of UNC’s Ackland Art Museum. Emily Kass, who will begin work Oct. 16, has led the Tampa Museum of Art (1996-2005) and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art… read more
UNC’s total amount of research grants and contracts in fiscal year 2006 grew to a new high of $593 million. The total represents a 2.4 percent increase from fiscal 2005’s $579 million, and it’s more than twice the amount the University received… read more
A 1982 alumnus who works as a correspondent for CBS News will lead an upcoming discussion at Carolina about growing up in a Jewish community in Robeson County. Drew Levinson ’82, who was raised in Fairmont, has been based in New York since… read more
Recently discovered photographs of musicians Bob Dylan, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk will be among 30 to be displayed on campus beginning Aug. 31. “The Untamed World: Photographs by Robert Bolton, 1964-1969” will open Aug. read more
These facts on the entering freshman class are estimates from the UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions, based on information as of Aug. 18: 19,696 students applied; 6,732, or 34.2 percent, were accepted; 3,819, or 56.7 percent, are expected… read more
After years of debate about the fate of West House – a 1,141-square-foot structure that had straddled the parking lots behind Swain Hall and Hill Hall – the building is being torn down to make way for the University’s new Arts Common The… read more
For the sixth consecutive year, Carolina ranks as the nation’s fifth-best public university, according to U.S. News and World Report. The magazine’s annual rankings also placed UNC as a leader among public universities in promoting in… read more