Carolina has been fairly successful at protecting its heart — academic instruction — through three years of budget cutting. Those defenses are breaking down. Though the Chapel Hill impact of a more than $400 million loss to the 17-campus UNC… read more
Three young scholars at UNC have received prominent awards from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy to support their research. Erik J. Alexanian, an assistant professor of chemistry, and Jason L. Metcalfe, an… read more
The University has released phone records and records of parking tickets sought by media outlets as part of the investigation of the football program after the N.C. Court of Appeals ruled against UNC’s desires to keep the records private. UNC… read more
Leaders from UNC and Central Carolina Community College have announced a new partnership to improve opportunities for students to transfer to and graduate from Carolina. The new partnership is an expansion of the Carolina Student Transfer… read more
The University has received a formal notice of inquiry from the NCAA pertaining to the investigation of its football program, a little less than a year after the probe began. But a notice of allegations — which could be the next step in the… read more
Letters from readers … Speaker Ban Marker to Be Placed on ‘The Wall’ The original right-wing speaker ban law was despicable. The new left-wing de facto speaker ban law that is enforced by intolerant students is equally despicable but probably… read more
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and Kenan-Flagler Business School have come together to offer a dual-degree program that will allow pharmacy students to earn a doctorate in pharmacy and an MBA in five years. “Given the quality and standing of… read more
Nationwide, only two doctoral candidates received dissertation fellowships this year from the Morris K. and Stewart L. Udall Foundation of Tucson, Ariz. Lauren Patterson ’07 (MA) of UNC was one of them. The West Lafayette, Ind., native will… read more
Eighteen undergraduates and one graduate student from Carolina have been selected as Phillips Ambassadors for 2011 study abroad programs in Asia. They will study in China, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam. UNC’s Phillips Ambassadors program includes… read more
Photo by Jock Lauterer ’67 for The Daily Tar Heel A marker to the students who worked to get the infamous Speaker Ban Law repealed in the 1960s will be erected in McCorkle Place. A granite marker with bronze plaques approximately 30 inches… read more