11.24.08 | Student Achievement
Aisha Ihab Saad of Cary has trekked the Amazon region, hiked the Rockies and the Himalayas, and climbed a volcano in Peru. Elisabeth “Lisette” Yorke has conducted AIDS research in Thailand and Cambodia, been inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and…
The UNC trustees have agreed unanimously to raise tuition $240 for in-state undergraduates — the maximum allowable under a 6.5 percent cap imposed by the UNC System Board of Governors — for the 2009-10 school year. The campus pulse on… read more
The law school’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, created in 2005 and originally led by former U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards ’77 (JD), is now directed by Gene Nichol, former dean of the school. Nichol has succeeded Marion Crain, who left the… read more
Five alumni have been presented with the William Richardson Davie Award, the highest honor bestowed by UNC’s Board of Trustees. This year’s honorees are Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, both 1960 graduates, of Vero Beach, Fla.; Peter T. Grauer ’68 of… read more
John Keats penned some of the most quoted lines in English poetry: “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”; “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.” On Thursday, the poet who would “sooner fail than not be among the greatest” took… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has recommended a $240 tuition increase for N.C. resident undergraduates for the 2009-10 school year, the maximum allowed under a 6.5 percent cap imposed by the UNC System Board of Governors. In a letter to the Board… read more
An alumna who dedicated her life to education has left UNC’s School of Information and Library Science more than $1 million for student scholarships. Jane Iris Crutchfield ’55 bequeathed the gift when she died in December 2006 at age 92 after… read more
If scientists knew exactly what a breast cancer cell needed to spread, then they could stop the most deadly part of the disease: metastasis. New research from UNC’s School of Medicine takes a step in that direction. The UNC researchers reduced… read more
Just as earth finally was about to be turned at Carolina North, the first project on the satellite campus has gone into a holding pattern due to the economic slowdown. The Chapel Hill Town Council was told Monday that Alexandria Real Estate… read more
Investigators believe an early morning weekend fire in Gerrard Hall was set intentionally. Fire broke out in the historic, recently renovated Gerrard early on Nov. 8, causing smoke and water damage to the first floor of the building. “We’re… read more