UNC ranks sixth on the Peace Corps’ Top 25 list of large schools producing Peace Corps volunteers, with 78 alumni currently serving. Since the Peace Corps’ inception, 1,092 Carolina alumni have served in the Peace Corps. Peace Corps Director… read more
Wives of soldiers deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety, sleep disorders and other mental health conditions than women whose husbands are not deployed, according to a new study by researchers at… read more
Erskine Bowles ’67, who took office as president of the UNC System in January 2006, announced on Feb. 12 that he plans to retire. Bowles, who will turn 65 on Aug. 8, told the UNC System Board of Governors that he would continue to serve through… read more
Ron Bilbao was born and raised in Miami to immigrant parents from Venezuela and Colombia. Now a senior at Carolina, he is the first person in his family to head down the path to college graduation. “My father had to actually drop out of college… read more
A business incubator at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School has begun its second year by connecting entrepreneurs in 15 early stage sustainable businesses in North Carolina to a range of sustainability resources — from expertise to capital — with… read more
Carolina honored three people on Monday with its University Awards for the Advancement of Women. A reception for the winners helped kick off the campus’ Women’s Week 2010. The awards, created in 2006, honor individuals who have mentored or… read more
Historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Taylor Branch ’68 will speak about his book The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History with the President Feb. 23 in UNC’s Wilson Special Collections Library. The free public program, sponsored… read more
Would you pledge to stay awake and on your feet for 24 hours to help a sick child in North Carolina? Carolina students have answered that question with a resounding “yes,” with 1,600 of them taking a 24-hour stand for the kids at the 12th annual UNC… read more
Snow is rare enough in Chapel Hill that it still sparks interest when it falls. Students have always treked to the campus to enjoy random displays of frivolity: snowball fights, snowman construction and cafeteria tray sledding. Photo by David… read more
Two juniors — Caroline Fish of Raleigh and Chase Jones of Greensboro — have been named Eve Carson Scholars. The scholarship will fund half the cost of attendance in their senior years, plus $5,000 each for a summer enrichment… read more