4.30.14 | Admissions, Tuition and Financial Aid
More than 4,000 high school seniors submitted 11,000 applications to colleges for the 2014-15 school year through the Carolina College Advising Corps, which provides in-depth admissions and financial aid advising to students in 55 high schools…
Kathleen Mullan Harris, UNC’s James E. Haar Distinguished Professor of sociology, has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors that a U.S. scientist or engineer can receive. Harris is the 13th faculty member… read more
The Carolina students who received degrees during Commencement weekend 2014 had an opportunity to find a sense of community during their years in Chapel Hill, said Dr. Atul Gawande, a celebrated surgeon and best-selling author, who delivered the… read more
Mary Willingham, who has attracted national attention since January after asserting that many Carolina athletes were substandard readers with little chance for academic success in college, says she plans to resign from the University at the end… read more
Dr. Bruce A. Cairns, a professor of surgery and director of the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center, will become chair of the faculty on July 1. Cairns defeated Andrew Perrin, an associate professor of sociology, in an election that drew a record 2,000… read more
The John William Pope Foundation has made a $1.3 million gift to UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to fund cancer research and treatment. The bulk of the gift will fund the creation of the John William Pope Distinguished… read more
Three outside experts retained by the University have found no evidence to support claims made by UNC learning specialist Mary Willingham that some athletes’ reading abilities have not squared with the requirements of college work. Carolina’s… read more
The University has launched a website designed as a one-stop source for information on the issues surrounding the relationship between varsity athletics and academics. Carolinacommitment.unc.edu offers updates on ongoing investigations, a set of… read more
The Student Athletes Human Rights Project, a Durham-based organization dedicated to ending what it says is exploitation of students who are athletes, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights saying UNC… read more
Six employees have been selected by Chancellor Carol L. Folt to receive the 2014 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, one of the most coveted distinctions the University gives faculty and staff. The late C. Knox Massey ’25 of Durham… read more