Eleven alumni are among the 16 people elected or re-elected to terms on the UNC System Board of Governors by the N.C. General Assembly. Elected by the Senate to four-year terms were: W. Louis Bissette Jr. ’68 (JD) of Asheville Fred… read more
Two juniors — Timothy Palpant of Raleigh and Varvara Zemskova of Maryland — have won 2011 Goldwater Scholarships. The awards go to outstanding college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences or… read more
Gifts by alumni totaling $10.5 million have brought new academic support facilities for athletes closer to reality. Charles Loudermilk Sr. ’50 has made a $7.5 million commitment to create the Loudermilk Center for Excellence, a… read more
Grade point average requirements for UNC Greeks who want to participate in rush activities will inch up under new guidelines approved by the UNC trustees in March. The Office of Student Affairs also is setting up a new and expanded Greek affairs… read more
A new exhibit in Wilson Library traces students’ extracurricular lives for two centuries. “From Di-Phis to Loreleis: A History of Student Organizations at UNC” features 157 records, photographs, publications and other items that document the… read more
Barbara Entwisle, Kenan Distinguished Professor of sociology who has been a leading researcher at UNC for 26 years, has been appointed the vice chancellor for research. The appointment, effective today, was approved Thursday by the Board of… read more
Six prominent names in the fields of journalism, advertising and public relations will be inducted into the N.C. Halls of Fame on April 10 at The Carolina Inn. Two other honorees will receive Next Generation Leadership Awards. Based in UNC’s… read more
Carolina students took on a week-long campus-wide game of tag. Video & Editing by Katie Lubinsky read more
Rye Barcott ’01, who co-founded an organization to develop local leaders and alleviate poverty in East Africa’s largest slum, will be on campus this month to deliver the Hillard Gold ’39 Lecture. After the free public lecture, which begins at 7… read more
Three UNC faculty members will speak and lead a public discussion on Thursday, March 24, about the unfolding crisis in Japan. The discussion, “Japan: Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Crisis,” will include: Jonathan M. Lees, a seismologist and… read more