865 First Ave. New York, N.Y. Feb. 8, 1937 Dear Spike: … I’ve been reading The Alumni Review all morning when I should be working, and I think you’re getting out a mighty interesting, lively and informative publication — one… read more
Carolina ranks fifth among the nation’s best public universities for the 12th consecutive year, according to U.S. News & World Report. California-Berkeley ranked first among national public universities, followed by UCLA and… read more
Hundreds of students gathered Monday evening in the Pit to mourn the death of Faith Danielle Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old junior whose body was found in her apartment Friday morning. Police are investigating her death as a homicide, and the Board of… read more
Matt Kupec ’80, who led Carolina through the two biggest fundraising campaigns in its history, has resigned following questions related to his travel expenses. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 said Monday that he had accepted Kupec’s… read more
Two autism researchers in UNC’s School of Medicine have each been awarded $12.6 million grants in the latest round of funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Autism Centers of Excellence research program. UNC, which was ranked No. 2… read more
The UNC System Board of Governors’ investigation of academic fraud at Carolina was out in the open this week in a public session in which UNC officials promised a list of reforms to guard against any repeat of what happened in its department of… read more
The University released a statement Friday saying the NCAA had affirmed that UNC did not break any of the athletics governing body’s rules in the academic fraud incidents involving the department of African and Afro-American studies. The… read more
The oldest GAA-sponsored student group, Order of the Bell Tower, has won a national award for its overall leadership and activities fostering and promoting student involvement in campus traditions. The group received a 2012 Outstanding… read more
UNC rose to ninth from 16th among leading private and public research universities for the level of federal funding — $545.99 million — devoted to research and development in all fields during fiscal 2010. Overall, Carolina ranked 15th for… read more
Bruce Carney, the University’s provost for the past three years, will leave South Building and return to the astronomy faculty at the end of June 2013. Carney, who also holds the position of executive vice chancellor, put off a scheduled… read more