The University has received a $21.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop effective, inexpensive drugs to treat late-stage African sleeping sickness and visceral leishmaniasis — diseases that infect and kill… read more
James Taylor and the N.C. Symphony performed Taylor’s widely beloved – and UNC’s unofficial anthem – Carolina in My Mind before a capacity crowd in Memorial Hall on Sunday. The event marked Chancellor James Moeser’s presentation to… read more
Every day, the GAA serves students, but the beginning of the school year is especially packed with programs and opportunities. Nearly 6,000 students are now members of the GAA’s student membership program, representing a record, and a number of… read more
As the University focuses on globalization in 2007, an academic highlight of the year will be the Commencement address delivered by Madeleine Albright, the nation’s first female secretary of state. “I think it is fitting that Dr. Albright will… read more
Education reformer Diane Ravitch will discuss “The Past and Future of No Child Left Behind” in delivering UNC’s 2006-07 Frank Porter Graham Lecture. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in Memorial… read more
Carolina’s School of Information and Library Science invites the community to the launch of its 75th anniversary celebration next week. “Illuminating the Past, Imagining the Future!” will be the theme of the anniversary year, starting with a free… read more
Carolina, which just set a new record in attracting research grants and contracts, has set an even higher bar for pulling in research funding. In his annual State of the University address last week, Chancellor James Moeser said, “We should never… read more
Early last year, the University asked the John William Pope Foundation for $4.8 million for a major curriculum enhancement in Western civilization. In the end, after more than two years of wrangling between the faculty and administration over… read more