Students, faculty, parents and alumni gathered at UNC’s 9/11 Memorial Garden Sunday morning to honor the six alumni killed on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. At 10 a.m., Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 and GAA President Doug… read more
Susan King, vice president for external affairs for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be the next dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The appointment, effective Jan. 1, was approved this month by the UNC Board of… read more
Julius Nyang’oro, whose name has surfaced in connection with three different aspects of the investigation into the UNC football program, has resigned as chair of the department of African and Afro-American studies, effective… read more
The oldest GAA-sponsored student group, Order of the Bell Tower, has received national recognition for its “Histories and Mysteries Tour,” an annual program launched in 2008 that is designed to acclimate new OBT members to the group. The… read more
This year more than 240,000 men will be diagnosed with new cases of prostate cancer and more than 33,000 men will die from the disease, according to the National Cancer Institute. With that statistic in mind, Joe DeSimone, a chemistry professor at… read more
Karol Kain Gray, vice president for finance and administration at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y., has been recommended to become Carolina’s new vice chancellor for finance and administration. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86… read more
In a program marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a former member of the federal Department of Homeland Security will speak at Carolina on Sept. 12. The free public program will be one of numerous events at UNC and N.C. State and Duke… read more
Admission figures: 23,733 applied for admission 7,450, or 31.3 percent, were admitted 3,990, or 53.5 percent, are expected to enroll 58 percent female, 42 percent male 18.3 percent of those enrolling are the first in… read more
Vince Carter ’99 has made a $2.5 million donation to the Carolina basketball program. The gift is the largest to date to what is known as the Basketball Family Fund, which supports the operating endowment for the men’s basketball program. read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has named a 13-member search committee to recommend candidates to become the next director of athletics. Committee members include representatives of the Rams Club, trustees, faculty and administrators, athletics… read more