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
The president of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was shot by an officer of the Archdale Police Department after a traffic stop on I-85 southwest of Greensboro Sunday morning in an incident that has left more questions than answers. Courtland… read more
A 23-year-old alumnus who was serving in Afghanistan died Aug. 18 from injuries suffered when his vehicle was destroyed by a roadside bomb. Army Pfc. Morris L. Walker ’08, an Army paratrooper, was one of two U.S. soldiers who died in the… read more
Carolina’s research grants and contracts totaled $716 million in fiscal 2009, the largest amount ever. The tally is up 5.6 percent on the $678 million received last year and more than double the amount from a decade ago. The contracts and grants… read more