1.31.12 | Admissions, Innovation and Technology
As expected, the number of applications for admission to Carolina last fall went through the roof with the use of the Common Application. UNC received 5,468 more applications than the previous year’s 23,753 — a total of 29,221 and a 23…
The Carolina Leadership Academy, a nationally renowned training program for UNC athletes, coaches and staff, has been renamed the Richard A. Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy in honor of the recently retired director of athletics, who created the… read more
Carolina will get a 9.9 percent tuition increase for next year — not the 11.4 percent hike it wanted — if the UNC System Board of Governors follows the recommendation of President Thomas Ross ’75 (JD). Carolina is asking for $800 more in… read more
Carolina has long been a leader in providing access to high-achieving students, regardless of their financial circumstances, while maintaining academic excellence. This was affirmed as recently as December, when Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86… read more
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr will be the 2012 summer reading book for incoming students at Carolina. A nine-member selection committee of students, faculty and staff selected the book from six finalists. Students on the committee… read more
The history of the Blue Ridge Parkway, America’s most visited National Park System site, is now online. The new collection, “Driving Through Time: The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina,” was created through a collaborative… read more
When he was chair of the faculty, Joe Templeton greeted everyone coming into an executive committee meeting with an index card on which there was a question, or sometimes a single word. For instance, “how would you explain to a friend on the bus… read more
A chemistry professor who has been a faculty leader and is spearheading efforts to streamline operations at Carolina was honored Friday with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. The GAA Board of Directors presented the award to Joseph L. read more
UNC will get a smaller tuition increase than it asked for if the UNC System Board of Governors goes along with the recommendation of system President Thomas Ross ’75 (JD). Ross told the BOG on Thursday that there must be a balance between the… read more
When Carolina lost 47 faculty members to raids from other universities last year, almost half of them took more than just their expertise. Millions of dollars in research grants walked out the door with them. Twenty-two researchers who had been… read more