10.31.13 | Issues, University Leadership
A new policy that sharply reduces the length of time Carolina undergraduates can drop courses has ignited a campuswide outcry, prompting students and administrators to join forces in an unusually vocal pushback. The UNC System Board of Governors…
Kevin Guskiewicz, a world-renowned concussion expert and a 2011 MacArthur “genius grant” winner, will speak at UNC’s December Commencement ceremony. “Kevin Guskiewicz’s bold and innovative approach to research on concussions makes… read more
Thomas Donilon, former national security adviser to President Barack Obama, and Barton Gellman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, will discuss “Foreign Policy and National Security” in a free talk on campus Oct. 30. Hodding… read more
The path from an idea in a lab to a new therapy can be a long one. A new five-year award for $54.6 million has been announced that is intended to accelerate the pace at which clinical and translational research directly benefits patients and… read more
Dr. Myron S. Cohen, UNC physician and scientist who has been internationally recognized for his work studying the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, has been chosen to receive the 2013 North Carolina Award for Science. The award is… read more
More than 600 of students flocked to the Student Union on the rainy Sunday following University Day 2013 to indulge in carnival-style food and shake hands with newly installed Chancellor Carol Folt. The event was organized by… read more
An award-winning teacher-author — who inspires students in the classroom and on the football field — and a journalist-teacher — who has written extensively about the conflicts and changes sweeping the Middle East — have been honored by… read more
First the Bell, Then the Tears Debra Pickrel ’80 was just fine until the bell sounded. On a University Day that threatened rain and even sprinkled a few raindrops at times, Pickrel, a member of the GAA Board of Directors from New York, had… read more
Authorities over the weekend arrested a Georgia real estate agent accused of trying to coax a UNC football player to sign a sports contract, widening the number of people implicated in the long-running investigation. Authorities arrested Patrick… read more
UNC women’s basketball head coach Sylvia Hatchell is temporarily stepping away from her on-the-court coaching responsibilities due to a recent diagnosis of leukemia. “I am going to be involved in a treatment plan established by Dr. Pete… read more