UNC creative writing professor and poet Michael McFee ’76 has won the 2009 James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South. The Fellowship of Southern Writers gives the prize biennially to recognize a writer with a significant body of… read more
More than 1,800 Carolina students – 600 more than last year – have committed to stand on their feet for a full 24 hours to “rock out for the kids” at the 11th annual UNC Dance Marathon, which begins Friday night. The event celebrates the conclusion… read more
UNC’s proposed regional medical schools in Charlotte and Asheville have been put on hold indefinitely due to a lack of funding related to a decline in overall state revenues. The plan, which would have had students entering the regional campuses… read more
Children’s book illustrator and author Brian Pinkney is the first writer announced for the 2009 North Carolina Literary Festival, set for Sept. 10-13. With the theme “A Celebration of Reading and Writing,” the free public festival at Carolina… read more
Katherine Deigan, a UNC senior majoring in chemistry, has received a 2009-10 Winston Churchill Scholarship for graduate work at the University of Cambridge in England, valued at $42,000 to $50,000. Deigan was one of 14 college students chosen… read more
Loss of faculty and staff, fewer classes, employee furloughs, and cuts in student enrollment may be necessary if the state reduces the University’s budget by 3, 5 or 7 percent. In anticipation of layoffs, UNC also is setting up an Employee… read more
Athletics and higher education will be discussed at an upcoming conference hosted by the College Sport Research Institute, which recently relocated to UNC, and UNC’s department of exercise and sport science. The 2009 Scholarly Conference on… read more
Freshmen entering UNC next fall will be asked to read A Home on the Field before they arrive. This year’s selection in the Summer Reading Program was written by a UNC faculty member and explores class and ethnic conflict through the story… read more
Junior Elinor Benami has been named Carolina’s first Eve Marie Carson Scholar. The scholarship will fund a summer experience after Benami’s junior year and financial aid for her senior year. Benami, of Knoxville, Tenn., is double-majoring in… read more
Former UNC football star Julius Peppers ’02 has donated $100,000 to a General Alumni Association scholarship program that supports African-American students. The Light on the Hill Society Scholarship, a tribute to Carolina’s earliest black… read more