4.20.07 | Campus Safety
While UNC’s housing department has been working on acquiring emergency response technology that could be used to broadcast messages to students campuswide in the event of an emergency, the tragedy at Virginia Tech has vaulted the concept to the…
More than 100 biomedical graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from UNC will visit more than 65 N.C. high schools on April 25 for National DNA Day. Through this visit, students in the classroom will have a chance to interact with people… read more
As lessons from Hurricane Katrina continue to unfold, UNC’s School of Public Health is helping prepare officials to better manage the next disasters more effectively. The school recently established graduate program in disaster management and… read more
UNC dedicated a campus memorial on April 12, 2007, titled “Carolina Alumni Memorial in Memory of Those Lost in Military Service.” The installation, on Cameron Avenue between Phillips and Memorial halls, honors University alumni who were killed… read more
Three UNC students have received Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, one of the nation’s most distinguished awards. Juniors Lena Hyatt of Asheville and Stephanie Jones of Cary and sophomore Jonathan Toledo of Sylva were among 317 winners chosen from… read more
In Memory of Those Lost in Military Service William C. Friday Thursday, April 12, 2007 Correction Appended We gather to dedicate the Carolina Alumni Memorial in memory of those lost in military service. They number 684 noble spirits… read more
“I found a wounded Federal sitting on the field – a broken thigh, a rifle ball through his arm and a bruised shoulder made him right helpless. … He asked me if I thought our surgeons would care for him. I assured him they would. He said he had a… read more
Thomas James, dean of UNC’s School of Education for four years, is closing the book on Carolina and starting a new chapter in his career at Columbia University. James will take over as provost at Columbia University’s Teachers College, named the… read more
Carolina is earmarking $11 million to increase its focus on environmental research, education and engagement. Its launch this week of the UNC Institute for the Environment – formed through expansion of the existing Carolina Environmental Program -… read more
UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams ’72 learned at the 2007 NCAA Men’s Final Four in Atlanta that he will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Williams is the Carolina program’s eighth coach or… read more