A curriculum designed to recruit, educate and retain college students from nontraditional backgrounds in the study of botany has been created at Carolina. The curriculum, BOT 2.0, offers online and in-person training that weave together four key… read more
Isn’t it odd that cancer cells from one organ, such as the skin, can travel and take root in a totally different organ, such as the lung? And why is it that certain cancers prefer to spread, or metastasize, to certain places? Prostate cancer… read more
The first major private gift made during the tenure of Holden Thorp ’86 as Carolina’s chancellor will enable creative writing students to study with some of the nation’s most notable writers. The gift from Sallie Shuping-Russell ’77 of Chapel… read more
Baseball Coach Mike Fox ’78, who guided the Tar Heels to a third straight trip to the College World Series this summer, has been named national coach of the year by Baseball America magazine. A two-time American Baseball Coaches… read more
Search warrants and the autopsy report on slain Student Body President Eve Carson ’08 indicated that she was taken from her home by her alleged assailants and was shot at least five times with two different weapons, according to published… read more