ROTC cadets and midshipmen will assemble in dress uniforms at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 for the annual Veterans Day ceremony at Carolina. The free public ceremony will be outdoors at the Carolina Alumni Memorial in Memory of Those Lost in Military Service,… read more
As members of the last class of students who knew Eve Carson ’08 while she was at UNC prepare to graduate, the Eve Carson Scholarship Executive Committee is dedicating itself to Carson’s legacy with a goal of raising $100,000 for the… read more
Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Morehead Alumni Distinguished Professor of philosophy, will speak at UNC’s December Commencement. Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will preside at the Dec. 19 ceremony at 2 p.m. in the Dean E. Smith Center on Bowles… read more
Carolina’s latest NCAA graduation success rate for athletes on scholarship was 87 percent, 8 percentage points higher than the rate for scholarship athletes across the nation. The NCAA released figures for the incoming classes of 2000-01… read more
Frank Bruni ’86, former restaurant critic for The New York Times, will give a free, public lecture in the Carroll Hall auditorium at 4 p.m. on Nov. 5. Bruni’s talk is titled “An Extraordinary Journalistic Adventure.” He will… read more
For the first year since a 2007 pledge to achieve climate neutrality by midcentury, the University has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions in 2009 were 20 percent lower than the previous year, reflecting the compounding effects of… read more
UNC’s Morrison Residence Hall has won the first-ever National Building Competition, sponsored by The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program. The competition, launched in late April, challenged teams from 14 buildings… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 will share his ideas for inspiring innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit at Carolina in a talk on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. “Beyond the Sciences: Why the World’s Problems Need the Whole University” will outline how… read more
Women’s soccer national players of the year Casey Nogueira ’10 and Whitney Engen ’10 and All-America swimmer Chip Peterson ’10 are the recipients of the 2010 Patterson Medals, awarded annually to Carolina’s most outstanding male and female… read more
Marion Jones ’97, former world champion track and field athlete, evoked both tears and laughter as she spoke on campus Wednesday evening as the kickoff event for this year’s annual Black Alumni Reunion. For nearly an hour, Jones talked to the… read more