Twenty-five rising sophomores at Carolina have been awarded full scholarships for an innovative seven-week study abroad program in Southeast Asia this summer. The Carolina Southeast Asia Summer Program in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences, now… read more
UNC has received a $61 million National Institutes of Health grant intended to help speed how scientific discoveries directly benefit patients in communities across North Carolina. UNC is among 14 academic health centers in 11 states to join the… read more
ABC News has selected UNC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication as home to a new, student-staffed digital bureau. ABC News on Campus is a partnership serving to educate and mentor talented college students of five top U.S. journalism… read more
The Tar Heels (52-12) prevailed against LSU on Sunday to win 8-4. They move on to play Fresno State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Eastern). With the Heels back to the College World Series, Carolina alumni are seen as the backbone of the surging… read more
John Haus ’83 will not return for a ninth season as head coach of the men’s lacrosse team. The coach’s overall record was 58-52, and his team was 8-6 this spring – winning its first five games but losing four of the next seven. The Tar Heels lost… read more
In mid-August, Carolina could lose an important part of its history – unless someone buys it first. The ramshackle house at 115 Battle Lane, in the Franklin-Rosemary historic district and at the northeast corner of UNC’s campus, has been condemned… read more
Carolina has its second “named” professional school. The UNC School of Pharmacy has been renamed the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy after Fred Eshelman ’72, founder and chief executive officer of Wilmington-based PPD Inc. The company specializes… read more
The number of students in UNC’s undergraduate honors program will nearly double with a $6 million donation from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. A 50 percent state match makes the total gift worth $9 million. The program will be able to… read more
Chancellor James Moeser said that Walter Royal Davis was one of the first people he visited when he came to Chapel Hill. It’s no wonder – besides being a generous philanthropist, Davis was in an elite class of higher education power brokers in… read more
UNC’s School of Medicine has established a new institute to advance research, training and treatment efforts aimed at aiding children and adults with developmental disabilities. The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities brings… read more