As Chris Fordham was stepping down as chancellor in 1988, Tom Lambeth ’57 paid tribute to him and his wife, Barbara, at the GAA Board of Directors’ spring meeting. Lambeth, a longtime trustee and former chair of the Board of Trustees, was then the… read more
Christopher C. Fordham III ’47, chancellor from 1980 to 1988 and the only medical doctor to serve in the post, died early Thursday at UNC Hospitals. A longtime Chapel Hill resident, he was 81. Fordham presided over a major revision of the… read more
These facts on the entering freshman class are estimates from the UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions, based on information as of Aug. 12: 21,511 students applied; 7,307, or 34 percent, were admitted; 3,900, or 53 percent of those admitted,… read more
Mohammed Taheri-Azar ’05 has pleaded guilty to nine counts of attempted first-degree murder in the incident in which he drove an SUV into a crowd of people at the Pit in March 2006. He faces up to 33 years in prison, according to a report in The… read more
Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall ’82 has asked for and received permission to seek the death penalty for one of the men accused in the murder of Eve Carson ’08. According to The News & Observer of Raleigh, Demario Atwater… read more
Updates | Blog | Athletes Nineteen Tar Heels competed in Beijing in the Games, which opened on Aug. 8. They competed for the U.S. in women’s field hockey, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and women’s track and field. Four Carolina… read more
Beginning in fall 2009, graduate students of German at UNC and Duke will be members of both universities’ communities. The UNC and Duke trustees have approved the merger of the two programs in hope of creating a larger, stronger program amid… read more
Recorded interviews and performances by Southern traditional musicians including Ralph Stanley, Doc Watson and Elizabeth Cotton will be available free next year to library visitors at Carolina. Staff at UNC’s Wilson Library also soon will… read more
After years of talk, the next expansion of Kenan Stadium is off the ground with the UNC trustees’ approval this week. Two floors will be added to the four-story Kenan Football Center on the stadium’s west end – one for team and recruiting… read more
The Board of Trustees has approved a contract extension for women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell that signs the Hall of Fame coach through the year 2015. Hatchell recently completed her 22nd season as head coach of the Tar Heels and her 33rd… read more