These facts on the entering freshman class are estimates from the UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions, based on information as of Aug. 12: 21,511 students applied; 7,307, or 34 percent, were admitted; 3,900, or 53 percent of those admitted,… read more
Mohammed Taheri-Azar ’05 has pleaded guilty to nine counts of attempted first-degree murder in the incident in which he drove an SUV into a crowd of people at the Pit in March 2006. He faces up to 33 years in prison, according to a report in The… read more
Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall ’82 has asked for and received permission to seek the death penalty for one of the men accused in the murder of Eve Carson ’08. According to The News & Observer of Raleigh, Demario Atwater… read more
Updates | Blog | Athletes Nineteen Tar Heels competed in Beijing in the Games, which opened on Aug. 8. They competed for the U.S. in women’s field hockey, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and women’s track and field. Four Carolina… read more
Beginning in fall 2009, graduate students of German at UNC and Duke will be members of both universities’ communities. The UNC and Duke trustees have approved the merger of the two programs in hope of creating a larger, stronger program amid… read more