1.29.10 | Around Town, Extracurricular
Snow is rare enough in Chapel Hill that it still sparks interest when it falls. Students have always treked to the campus to enjoy random displays of frivolity: snowball fights, snowman construction and cafeteria tray sledding. Photo by David…
Two juniors — Caroline Fish of Raleigh and Chase Jones of Greensboro — have been named Eve Carson Scholars. The scholarship will fund half the cost of attendance in their senior years, plus $5,000 each for a summer enrichment… read more
A coal-burning power plant has been a fact of UNC’s life since the 1890s, and coal is responsible for about half of the carbon dioxide the University sends into the atmosphere. As the new green movement begins to take hold, coal is starting to get a… read more
Winston B. Crisp ’92 (JD), who has spent his career at Carolina, has been appointed vice chancellor for student affairs. The Board of Trustees approved the appointment Thursday, effective May 10. Crisp currently serves as assistant vice… read more
An upcoming digital arts and humanities festival — open to the public — will let participants take part in interactive projects that explore the impact of technology on our lives. The five-day festival Feb. 16-20 will feature discussions and… read more
In the end, there was no one left at the Zeiss Optical Co. in Germany who knew as much about the Morehead Planetarium’s 40-year-old analog star projector as the planetarium’s staff — that’s how outdated the behemoth centerpiece of the star theater… read more
Picking Cotton, the true story of an unlikely friendship between a woman and the innocent man she sent to prison, will be the 2010 summer reading book for incoming freshmen. UNC asks all first-year and incoming transfer students to read… read more
The University has selected recipients of the 2010 teaching awards, the highest campuswide recognition for teaching excellence. The Tanner Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching go to five faculty members and carry a $7,500 stipend. This… read more
A Superior Court judge in Randolph County has ruled that the videotape from a police car’s dashboard camera capturing the last moments of a UNC student’s life will remain sealed. Judge Bradford Long concluded his decision Friday by writing that… read more
The number of cancer patients is predicted to double over the next 25 years. This is simple demographics — the baby boomers are aging. Simultaneously, remarkable breakthroughs in our understanding of these diseases and the difficult quest to… read more