April 2016 News

The results provide the first direct evidence in mice that inhibiting a circuit between two brain regions protects against binge alcohol drinking. read more

Kelly Hogan ’01 (PhD) took some troubling statistics on student success and turned them into a new college classroom at Carolina: less talk, more action and deeper learning. read more

She arrives with a reputation for toughness and thick skin that has already has come in handy, as well as more than three decades in education and public policy work at the highest levels. read more

The two best teams in the tournament met in the final, and by any assessment 
it was a classic. Both can’t win, but this was about as close as you can get. read more

The growing franchise that began in Durham has opened a shop on Main Street in Carrboro. read more

Recent news about the UNC System’s 18 percent cap on out-of-state admissions for first-year undergraduates may prompt some to wonder about how and why this cap came about. Carolina exceeded the cap for two years in a row and, as a result, in March… read more

The NCAA’s amended Notice of Allegations in UNC’s long-running athletic-academic fraud case reiterates the serious nature of what it calls the University’s failure to maintain institutional control and failure to monitor its former department… read more

A spokesperson confirmed that an amended Notice of Allegations from the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the long-running athletics-academics case has been received. The spokesperson added that UNC would need time to study the document… read more

The University has selected Barnes & Noble College Booksellers to operate its Student Stores — a move it expects will generate a big increase in money for need-based scholarships. read more