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by Jock Lauterer ’67 for The Daily Tar Heel A marker to the students who worked to get the infamous Speaker Ban Law repealed in the 1960s will be erected in McCorkle Place.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
Quinton Coples, a rising senior defensive end on the Carolina football team whose attendance at a party connected to the NFL draft in Washington, D.C., had been questioned by the NCAA, has been cleared of any possible violations, according to… read more
The University’s research-driven model day care center will close in 2013 after more than 40 years in operation, as a result of state budget cuts. The Frank Porter Graham Child Care Center began in 1972 as a research study to examine the… read more
A research study led by UNC has made a major discovery in the effort to halt the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The study results show that early initiation of antiretroviral treatment in people infected with HIV prevents them from… read more