9.30.09 | Celebrations, University Awards
Carolina officials remembered the University’s past and celebrated its future during the Gov. Beverly Perdue, who gave the keynote speech at the celebration, commended the University community and faculty, which “has stood tall and continued to…
UNC is one of 12 centers chosen to be part of a large-scale, collaborative effort by the National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome Research Institute to systematically characterize the genomic changes that occur in cancer. The… read more
Richard Harrill ’91, who has Peace Corps experience and co-founded the Washington- and Budapest-based Youth Services International, is the new director of the Campus Y. Harrill, who also has a 1998 law degree from Carolina, succeeds Virginia… read more
Seven people, four of them UNC students, have been arrested this semester on various charges involving cocaine. The arrests all stem from an incident on the night of Sept. 15 at an apartment at 211 Church St., where police reported finding 197.6… read more
Faculty members dedicated to the First Amendment right to freedom of speech have secured the near future of a UNC conservative student group that attracted national attention when its guest speakers were met with protests on campus in… read more
Dr. Lisa Carey, associate professor of medicine and UNC Breast Center medical director, will deliver the December Commencement address, Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has announced. Thorp will preside at the Dec. 20 ceremony at 2 p.m. in the Dean E. read more
A trio of scientists from Carolina have received prestigious awards from the National Institutes of Health aimed at encouraging high-risk research and innovation. Joseph DeSimone has been selected for a Pioneer Award, one of 18 such honors handed… read more
The Greek Judicial Board has handed down heavy sanctions to Delta Kappa Epsilon as punishment for what it found to be violations of alcohol policy. The board cited two violations held at a party just more than two weeks after the death of DKE… read more
Humorist, writer and National Public Radio panelist Roy Blount Jr. will speak Oct. 6 at Carolina. Blount will receive UNC’s 2009 Thomas Wolfe Prize and deliver the free annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall… read more
Almost one out of every three visitors to UNC Campus Health Services earlier this month exhibited flu-like symptoms. Close to 700 students have called or visited the student health service with influenza-like symptoms since the beginning of the… read more