Humorist, writer and National Public Radio panelist Roy Blount Jr. will speak Oct. 6 at Carolina. Blount will receive UNC’s 2009 Thomas Wolfe Prize and deliver the free annual Thomas Wolfe Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall… read more
Almost one out of every three visitors to UNC Campus Health Services earlier this month exhibited flu-like symptoms. Close to 700 students have called or visited the student health service with influenza-like symptoms since the beginning of the… read more
A charge against UNC senior Haley Koch for disturbing the peace at an educational institution was dismissed Monday in Orange County District Court. Koch, a Morehead-Cain Scholar, was arrested in April after using a banner and chanting during a… read more
UNC dedicated the state’s only public cancer hospital on Tuesday, hailing the 315,000-square-foot facility as a long step up in research and patient care in North Carolina. The hospital, which sits among the other hospitals and medical research… read more
An estimated 12,000 people attended the N.C. Literary Festival Thursday through Sunday at Carolina. Festival director Amy Baldwin also said that about 3,000 visited the children’s activity tent on Saturday and Sunday. Festival-wide, visitors… read more
Question: What three things do Dean Smith, Roy Williams ’72 and Mike Krzyzewski have in common? Answer: Each is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Each coached multiple NCAA men’s basketball championship teams. And each has a winning record in Cameron… read more
UNC students will have to prove they have health insurance starting in fall 2010. Their class registrations will be placed on hold until they do. The new administrative policy, known as a “hard waiver,” will require a student to choose the… read more
The administration wants to know whether any University policies or policies governing fraternities and sororities were violated during a party held at the Delta Kappa Epsilon house on the night before DKE President Courtland Smith was shot and… read more
The N.C. Literary Festival, set for Sept. 10-13 at UNC, has announced the days, times and places that 100 authors will read, perform or speak. The free public festival is organized and sponsored by the libraries of UNC and N.C. State and Duke… read more
Each year, four of Carolina’s top up-and-coming faculty are chosen as recipients of the Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement by Young Faculty. This year’s professors, representing diverse fields, are: Dr. Ned… read more