In October, I boarded a bus with 40 faculty members and senior administrators and headed to eastern North Carolina. We were on the Tar Heel Bus Tour, a trip organized by the chancellor’s office for Carolina faculty and administrators to learn… read more
Ay Por Dios!, a newly opened bistro on West Franklin Street in The Courtyard business cluster, will showcase the diversity of Mexican cuisine, along with some specialties from other cultures. After more than a year in the making due to town of… read more
Daniel Bard ’07, who had been one of UNC’s most dominant pitchers, suddenly lost his ability to throw — and seemingly, his major league career. He didn’t make a comeback until he learned to accept who he is. by Anna Katherine Clemmons In… read more
Force, friction and backlash: This is the story of how Carolina lost its nationally renowned engineering school. Will it come back? By George Spencer Call it the last waltz. In January 1937, The Carolina Inn hosted the Engineers Ball… read more
The Board of Trustees presented the William Richardson Davie Award to four alumni and two other recipients on Nov. 8. The award is the highest honor given by the board for service to the University or society. Receiving the awards were Terrence… read more
The Board of Trustees voted on Nov. 9 to increase the base tuition rate for out-of-state undergraduate students and for all graduate students. For the eighth consecutive year, the board did not propose an increase in tuition for in-state… read more
As part of the state budget that became law in October, the North Carolina Legislature restricted funding for distinguished professorships to only STEM fields at all 16 UNC System institutions, excluding positions in the humanities, which lawmakers… read more
UNC’s women’s tennis team swept the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Fall Championships on Nov. 5 in San Diego, winning the singles and doubles competitions. Sophomore Reese Brantmeier defeated fifth-year student-athlete Ayana Akli from the… read more
A nonprofit group based in Washington, D.C., whose stated mission is to promote academic excellence and academic freedom, bestowed on the UNC Board of Trustees in October an award “for adopting a policy of institutional neutrality on political… read more
Former UNC head football coach Carl Torbush died Nov. 5. He was 72. Torbush coached the Tar Heels from 1997 to 2000 and led UNC to one of the most prominent wins in program history — a Jan. 1, 1998, victory over Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl,… read more