11.28.17 | Innovation and Technology
Blue, a new 3,000-square-foot collaborative workspace, is the first of its kind to be located in a residence hall.
Small tuition increases for out-of-state students were approved by UNC’s trustees. read more
More than 200 students — and more than twice that many family members and friends — attended the GAA’s Official Class Ring ceremony at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. read more
UNC’s trustees have cleared the path to closing Horace Williams Airport in the first half of 2018. read more
Alexander Peeples, a senior, and Shauna Rust ’16 have been named recipients of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which supports graduate studies in Ireland. read more
Alumni Alston Gardner, Sheldon Peck, Sallie Shuping-Russell and John Townsend have been honored with the William Richardson Davie Award, the UNC trustees’ highest honor for service. read more
Most of the invited speakers at the Carolina Inn meeting told the UNC trustees that the Confederate statue Silent Sam is both a symbol of evil and now a threat to safety. read more
A new $9 million study, led by RTI International, aims to provide strategies for reducing opioid use among patients who are not benefitting from it while ensuring access to those who are. read more
When Jim White ’71 was teaching, his students hated the idea of interviewing war veterans — until they tried it. The Library of Congress wanted those tapes, but they always were destined for UNC. read more
Only 40 when he took over as dean of NYU’s business school, Peter Henry ’91 had well-formed ideas about teaching economics and a determination to diversify. read more