A browner, grayer and more culturally diverse population and work force will dramatically transform the nation’s social, economic and political institutions, according to a new report by researchers at UNC. The report, “Six Disruptive Demographic… read more
Carolina has offered admission to this fall’s entering class to 5,104 candidates who applied by the first of two admission deadlines. The admitted students were chosen from a record first-deadline pool of 14,018 — an increase of 7 percent from… read more
A town hall-style meeting to draw attention to the problem of youth sports concussions and other brain injuries among children and young people is being held at Carolina on Jan. 29. The event, “How Do We Prevent, Identify and Treat Concussions in… read more
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who has led an effort to build a controversial interfaith cultural center in lower Manhattan, will deliver the 2011 Weil Lecture on American Citizenship at UNC in mid-March. The biennial lecture, supported by private… read more
It has been rumored that Joe Ferrell’s mother read Robert’s Rules of Order to him as a child instead of nursery rhymes. That could explain his innate sense of decorum and his ability to move a group forward to take the next proper step,… read more
Not since the late 19th century have both houses of the N.C. General Assembly been majority Republican. New legislative leadership in both chambers occurs as the UNC System welcomes a new president, Tom Ross ’75 (JD), who soon is expected to name a… read more
The secretary of the faculty at the University has been honored with the GAA’s 2011 Faculty Service Award. Joseph S. Ferrell ’60 also is a professor of public law and government in the School of Government. The award, established in 1990… read more
What was happening in the South 150 years ago on any given date during the Civil War? A website posting just that, every day for four years, is planned by the University Library. The site will be among numerous library activities commemorating… read more
Six UNC faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The association, the world’s largest general scientific society, elects fellows to recognize their efforts toward advancing science… read more
Chancellor Holden Thorp ’86 has called E.O. Wilson one of his heroes. When he was director of the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center in 2004, Thorp brought the famous biodiversity scholar to the George Watts Hill Alumni Center, and Wilson… read more