The SmartCommute Challenge, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency, has presented UNC’s public safety department and the University with a regional Super Achiever Award for efforts to promote commuting by bus, carpool, vanpool and other… read more
A new scholarship has been created at the School of Nursing in memory of Pamela McClure Wichmann ’99 (MSN), a 40-year veteran nurse who died in October. Wichmann was a nurse practitioner at Kernersville Family Practice in Kernersville, where she… read more
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified UNC as a “community-engaged university” in recognition of Carolina’s continual collaboration with the community and its commitment to fostering community service among students,… read more
Duke University may open its classes to some students from Carolina, but there’s no home for rival Tar Heels in Krzyzewskiville. That’s the verdict of Duke student leaders, according to the Associated Press, as well as reluctant administrators… read more
Kenan Professor Emeritus George Brown Tindall ’48 (MA, ’51 PhD) was often called a pioneer, both for his early advocacy of equal rights and for his insightful, inclusive research on the history of the South. Before retiring in 1990, the long-time… read more
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code flew off the shelves. Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ had people flocking to the box office. While all this media attention on the Bible and its teachings is music to a religion professor’s… read more
Sigma Chi fraternity pleaded guilty in November to six hazing violations and was found guilty of one more after an anonymous e-mail sparked an investigation that lasted almost a month. Charges include forced consumption of alcohol and other… read more
Senior striker Heather O’Reilly went out in grand style with a goal and an assist and freshman forward Casey Nogueira celebrated her first career start with the same numbers as top-seeded Carolina (27-1) claimed its 18th NCAA women’s soccer… read more