The Carolina Alumni Review has earned a Silver Award in the most recent Best Articles of the Year category of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s national awards program. Beth McNichol ’95 wrote the winning entry,… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86, in an interview Thursday with The News & Observer, said he had learned about two months ago that then-head football coach Butch Davis had offered Davis’ son, Drew, a football scholarship without consulting… read more
Dear Carolina Colleagues and Students: My decision last week to ask head football coach Butch Davis to step down was difficult. I think it was the right decision, and I wanted to let you know why I made that call. Throughout the NCAA… read more
Endeavors, the University’s 27-year-old award-winning magazine that covers research on the campus, is an early victim of the some $80 million UNC will lose as a result of state budget cuts. The magazine, which is published three times… read more
Everett Withers, for the past three years Carolina’s defensive coordinator and coach of the defensive secondary, has been named interim head coach following the dismissal of Butch Davis. Withers, a Charlotte native who captained Appalachian… read more
On the day after Butch Davis was dismissed as head football coach, Athletics Director Dick Baddour ’66 said he will step down as soon as his successor can be found. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 told a news conference on July 28 that… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 announced late July 27 that Butch Davis has been dismissed as Carolina’s head football coach. Davis was informed by Thorp and Director of Athletics Dick Baddour ’66 of the decision. The University issued a… read more
Wade H. Hargrove ’62 of Raleigh was elected chair of the UNC Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Hargrove, a corporate and national media lawyer and partner with Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, was appointed to the 13-member… read more
The University received $277 million in gifts from private donors in the past year. When pledges are included, the total for the year ended June 30 is $305.6 million. The total for gifts is up for the first time in two years, and it amounts to… read more
Last fall, the University vigorously appealed to the NCAA its decision to rule Michael McAdoo permanently ineligible to play football at UNC. The appeal was denied. On July 13, UNC sat at the defense table alongside the NCAA in Superior Court in… read more