7.30.19 | Sports
The Board of Trustees gave its blessing in April, contingent on passage of a law that allows the state’s 16 public universities to issue ABC permits at campus events.
Once again — now 18 years running — Carolina is ranked the No. 1 value in American public higher education by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. read more
Suzanne Barbour, dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia, will step into that position at Carolina in September. read more
With $5 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Carolina is establishing the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life. read more
The new Board of Trustees is complete with the appointments of Ralph W. Meekins Sr. ’83 and John P. Preyer ’90. read more
Emil Kang, special assistant to the chancellor for the arts and founder of Carolina Performing Arts, is leaving UNC after 14 years to lead arts grant-making for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. read more
The Carolina Alumni Review has received an award for feature writing in the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education’s 2019 Circle of Excellence competition. read more
Jeff Powell ’15 liked to make things, but he was tripped up by the rigors of college. When he found the children who needed a maker, he solved both problems. read more
Jonathan Reckford ’84 stepped off the corporate path and followed his faith to the leadership of Habitat for Humanity, now a $2 billion builder that’s also an agent for change in housing policies worldwide. read more
More than a quarter of a century ago, famed journalist Charles Kuralt ’55 spoke at our University’s Bicentennial Observance opening ceremonies. In his remarks to more than 30,000 in Kenan Stadium that evening, he explained that in the 1930s… read more