9.29.06 | Celebrations, In Memoriam
A campus memorial to Thomas Wolfe ’20 was dedicated Tuesday, honoring Carolina’s most celebrated literary alumnus on what would have been his 106th birthday. The memorial, moved last spring to a new location, is an 850-pound bas-relief bronze…
Michael R. Smith ’78 (JD), dean of UNC’s School of Government and a force behind some of the University’s most significant public outreach efforts in recent years, has been tapped to take on a new role as an advocate and facilitator for greater… read more
Carolina’s tuition gives it a real bang-for-the-buck edge over many of its peers. Even so, an extra incentive never hurts to recruit some of the brightest students, and the GAA Scholarship does just that. “The scholarships are made with the… read more
An alumnus who drove through the heart of Carolina’s campus with a rented SUV in March, hitting nine people, is likely to plead not guilty, his court-appointed defender said after a Sept. 19 hearing. Since his first appearance in Orange County… read more
Carolina received nearly $300 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health in fiscal 2005, placing UNC 15th overall and first among public universities in the South. The $296.6 million total, an all-time high, was a 2.3 percent… read more
The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will launch its new show, Destination: Space, with a weekend of activities from Sept. 28-Oct. 1, including live appearances by a moonwalker and a current NASA astronaut. The public is invited to… read more
The University will celebrate its 213th birthday on Oct. 12 with a speech by UNC System President Erskine Bowles ’67 and an awards presentation in Memorial Hall. Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to the free public ceremony,… read more
UNC’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities will expand its Academic Leadership Program – which prepares faculty for academic, intellectual and institutional leadership roles at Carolina and provides ongoing support for faculty who have assumed such… read more
A chemist forging new research methods, a music historian bringing 16th-century theater to bear on the present, a pharmacologist who discovered a group of protein regulators and a scholar bringing to light the social implications of medical policy… read more
Visitors to campus are witnessing a construction boom. The unprecedented bond referendum approved by N.C. voters nearly six years ago — along with other state and private funds as well as overhead receipts — is fueling one of the most ambitious… read more