A committee that spent the summer reviewing the University’s honor system has come to three unanimous conclusions. UNC needs: Greater efficiency and better communication between the honor system and faculty and the honor system and… read more
Lawrence R. “Bubba” Cunningham, who has been athletics director at the University of Tulsa since 2005, is the next AD at Carolina. Cunningham, 49, has signed a six-year contract that will pay him an annual salary of $525,000 and provide… read more
Wailing sirens drowned out the hum of normal campus activities shortly before noon on Sept. 6 as Alert Carolina responded to tornado warnings issued for Orange County. Winston Crisp ’92 (JD), vice chancellor for student affairs, said the… read more
Roy Williams ’72, in his ninth season as head basketball coach, has received a contract extension through 2018. Williams’ base salary will be $333,938, he will receive an expense allowance of $30,000 in 2011-12 and $40,000 in each of the next… read more
An educator who leads a successful group of charter schools in Atlanta has been honored by the GAA with a Distinguished Young Alumni Award. David Jernigan ’00, executive director of KIPP schools in Atlanta, received the award at a banquet… read more
University Day 2011 was observed with the dedication of a marker to the students who worked to get the infamous Speaker Ban Law repealed in the 1960s. The new marker to an enduring principle of freedom of speech sits on the stone wall between… read more
Barbara Fredrickson, an internationally acclaimed psychology professor who directs UNC’s Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab, will speak at UNC’s December Commencement. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will preside at the Dec. 18… read more
During a White House ceremony next month, Thomas L. Kash, assistant professor in the department of pharmacology and the UNC Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies at UNC’s School of Medicine, will receive the Presidential Early Career Award for… read more
Carolina celebrated its history as the nation’s first public university on University Day, Oct. 12. The featured speaker, UNC System President Thomas W. Ross ’75 (JD), gave the keynote speech for the convocation, which began at 11 a.m. read more
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will deliver UNC’s spring Commencement address. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will preside during the ceremony on May 13 at 9:30 a.m. in Kenan Stadium. Bloomberg also will receive an honorary doctor of laws… read more