Handwritten letters from presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Another by poet Langston Hughes. These and more materials seldom seen by the public will be on view Feb. 17 in a tour of Wilson Library. The library will open… read more
Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will be on campus this week to discuss his vision for eliminating poverty worldwide. The free public lecture will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Koury Auditorium at Kenan-Flagler Business… read more
The only certainty about the state’s share of the University’s budget is that it will be cut – probably deeply – as the state deals with revenue shortfalls in the growing financial crisis. Administrators and faculty are discussing how best to… read more
The University will launch a fundraising effort for an endowed faculty chair in Islamic studies at a Feb. 12 kick-off event on campus. A delegation of supporters from Turkey will attend the public event, set for 4 p.m. in UNC’s FedEx Global… read more
The Mississippi River bends in a crescent shape as it makes its way around and through New Orleans, giving rise to one of the city’s nicknames. This year, the Crescent City will be honored as the birthplace of jazz at the Carolina Jazz Festival,… read more
Most people don’t know that James Johnson — director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished professor of strategy and entrepreneurship, a man… read more
A UNC business school professor who applies his management expertise to alleviating poverty and promoting entrepreneurship in community development was honored Friday with the GAA’s Faculty Service Award. James H. “Jim” Johnson Jr. is director… read more
The N.C. General Assembly has always provided generous financial support to North Carolina’s higher education system — particularly to our campus. Across the country, no state is as generous to its flagship university. Today’s economic… read more
Carolina offered admission today to 4,885 students chosen from a record first-deadline pool of 13,692 applicants. The students admitted include 3,476 North Carolinians – a record number, and 48 percent of the 7,175 who applied – and 1,409… read more
Last year, UNC pushed the N.C. General Assembly hard for permission to establish an airport authority, which ultimately would build in rural Orange County a replacement for Horace Williams Airport. The University got that permission, but now it is… read more