8.27.10 | Carolina Alumni Awards, Carolina Alumni Programs and Outreach
The GAA’s Student Membership Program has won a national award for promoting cultural awareness and communication among its members and alumni. The student group received a 2010 Outstanding Organization award this month from the Council for…
“To everyone who loves this University, I’m sorry for what I have to tell you.” With that Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 opened a news conference called by the athletics department Aug. 26 to reveal that, in the course of the NCAA… read more
The new president of the UNC System seems determined that the state’s financial crisis — the first thing on most people’s minds with regard to the 17 campuses — will not be the hallmark of his tenure. Thomas Ross ’75 (JD), elected… read more
Each year, four of Carolina’s top up-and-coming faculty are chosen as recipients of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. This year’s professors, representing diverse fields,… read more
23,275 applied for admission 7,547, or 32 percent were admitted 3,990, or 53 percent are expected to enroll 19 percent of those enrolling, are the first in their families to go to college 1304: average SAT… read more
University Square, the 12-acre site known primarily for Granville Towers, will be transformed into an urban-style mix of retail, offices and residences, including nearly 1,000 parking spaces and thousands of square feet dedicated to cultural… read more
For the 10th consecutive year, Carolina ranks fifth among the nation’s best public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. UNC is 30th when considered with private schools. It again was determined to be the… read more
The University has turned down a $14.5 million federal stimulus grant to expand an animal research facility in southwestern Orange County because it would cost about $20 million more to bring the complex up to acceptable standards of wastewater… read more