March 2023 News

The University announced it has completed the testing of all water fixtures on campus for lead, a process that began in August 2022 after the metal was found in the water drawn from drinking fountains in Wilson Library. The Environment, Health and… read more

Two graduates from the Hussman School of Journalism and Media and a former Carolina men’s basketball standout and two-time NBA champion are among this year’s inductees into the N.C. Media & Journalism Hall of Fame. Curry Kirkpatrick ’65… read more

Al Leaves, Burger Stays Carolina graduates Charlie Farris ’04 and Jason Kesler ’04 helped out alumni Al Bowers ’88 and his wife, Melody Adams Bowers ’85, by purchasing Al’s Burger Shack after the Bowerses filed for bankruptcy for the… read more

The Review asked GAA president Doug Dibbert ’70, who is retiring, to choose one “Yours at Carolina” column from his 40-year tenure to reprint in this issue. He chose this one, which originally ran in the November/December 2018… read more

After more than 40 years of guiding Carolina’s 180-year-old General Alumni Association, Doug Dibbert ’70 announced last year he would be stepping down as president and would serve until a successor is named. Dibbert has overseen the growth… read more

In opening remarks last week at a conference studying the role of slavery on university campuses worldwide, UNC Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said he’s proud of work being done by a University commission that has recommended removing names from… read more

Lewis Black ’70 thought writing plays was his future, until he realized it wasn’t. by Claire Cusick ’21 (MA) On a Friday evening in November, Lewis Black ’70 sat inside his tour bus parked on South Mangum Street next to the Durham… read more

James Taylor’s boyhood home has a new lease on life and is filled with art thanks to J.K. Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach. By Janine Latus “Even the old folks never knew Why they call it like they do I was wondering… read more

The archive of a renowned photographer and award-winning documenter of Southern folk culture has been added to the Southern Folklife Collection at the Wilson Special Collections Library. The collection represents assignment and project work by… read more