2.24.09 | Celebrations, Issues
Former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Strand will give a free public reading Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Carolina. The New York Times called Strand an American luminary whose “poems resonate with a shimmering sense of…
Carolina remembered former Student Body President Eve Carson ’08 on Thursday, the date on which she was murdered in 2008. Several thousand students, faculty members and Carolina staff gathered for a ceremony in the Pit in late afternoon. They… read more
The UNC General Alumni Association has received three awards for its programs and publications for 2008 in competitions sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education – two awards for the Southeastern district of the U.S. and one… read more
Paul F. Sharp, who served as Carolina’s chancellor for 17 months in the mid-1960s, died Feb. 19 at his home in Norman, Okla. He was 91. His brief chancellorship included work to repeal Speaker Ban Law. Sharp followed Bill Aycock ’37 in the… read more
UNC has awarded more than $80,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships to 28 undergraduates for participation in study abroad programs this semester. The UNC Study Abroad Office offers more than 320 study abroad programs in… read more
UNC creative writing professor and poet Michael McFee ’76 has won the 2009 James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South. The Fellowship of Southern Writers gives the prize biennially to recognize a writer with a significant body of… read more
More than 1,800 Carolina students – 600 more than last year – have committed to stand on their feet for a full 24 hours to “rock out for the kids” at the 11th annual UNC Dance Marathon, which begins Friday night. The event celebrates the conclusion… read more
UNC’s proposed regional medical schools in Charlotte and Asheville have been put on hold indefinitely due to a lack of funding related to a decline in overall state revenues. The plan, which would have had students entering the regional campuses… read more
Children’s book illustrator and author Brian Pinkney is the first writer announced for the 2009 North Carolina Literary Festival, set for Sept. 10-13. With the theme “A Celebration of Reading and Writing,” the free public festival at Carolina… read more
Katherine Deigan, a UNC senior majoring in chemistry, has received a 2009-10 Winston Churchill Scholarship for graduate work at the University of Cambridge in England, valued at $42,000 to $50,000. Deigan was one of 14 college students chosen… read more