Rates of diabetes are significantly higher than expected among children and adolescents from five ethnic and racial groups in the U.S., according to new findings by researchers at UNC and others. The results are outlined in a series of papers in… read more
William F. “Bill” Little, a member of UNC’s faculty for more than 40 years, a former vice president of the UNC System and a visionary leader who helped guide the development of the state’s Research Triangle Park and the Research Triangle… read more
Emma Neal Morrison, who received an honorary degree from UNC in 1985, helped make sure The Lost Colony was not lost. Following a hiatus for World War II, the state’s signature outdoor drama faced struggles with attendance and finances. read more
Bob Scott, who received an honorary degree from UNC in 1970, had two family businesses: dairy farming and politics. “My dad had a fondness for saying that a man could never really expect to go to heaven unless he was a Democrat, a Presbyterian… read more
American Theatre magazine has named Joseph Haj ’88 (MFA), producing artistic director of PlayMakers Repertory Company, one of 25 theater artists who will have a significant impact on the American theater scene over the next… read more
Former U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Mark Strand will give a free public reading Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Carolina. The New York Times called Strand an American luminary whose “poems resonate with a shimmering sense of… read more
Carolina remembered former Student Body President Eve Carson ’08 on Thursday, the date on which she was murdered in 2008. Several thousand students, faculty members and Carolina staff gathered for a ceremony in the Pit in late afternoon. They… read more
The UNC General Alumni Association has received three awards for its programs and publications for 2008 in competitions sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education – two awards for the Southeastern district of the U.S. and one… read more
Paul F. Sharp, who served as Carolina’s chancellor for 17 months in the mid-1960s, died Feb. 19 at his home in Norman, Okla. He was 91. His brief chancellorship included work to repeal Speaker Ban Law. Sharp followed Bill Aycock ’37 in the… read more
UNC has awarded more than $80,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships to 28 undergraduates for participation in study abroad programs this semester. The UNC Study Abroad Office offers more than 320 study abroad programs in… read more