Carolina has awarded more than $74,000 in privately funded, need- and merit-based scholarships to 29 undergraduates for study abroad this semester. Recipients represent majors including environmental science, German, history, business… read more
Two Carolina seniors have been selected to receive 2008-09 Churchill Scholarships for graduate work at Cambridge University in England, valued at $46,000 to $52,000 each. Lisa Bond, a biology major with a chemistry minor from Bowie, Md., plans to… read more
Carolina has moved up four spots among large schools to fourth on an annual ranking of universities with alumni serving in the Peace Corps. The University currently has 81 volunteers working for the corps. The University of Washington leads with… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) He had visited family in Salisbury before,… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) It’s hard to fathom now, but as a high… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) For some folks, hosting and producing a… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) While Dean Smith was coaching the Tar… read more
More than 1,100 Carolina students have committed to stand on their feet for a full 24 hours at the 10th annual UNC Dance Marathon, which begins Friday. The event celebrates the conclusion of the student participants’ yearlong fundraising efforts in… read more
National and American Book Award winner Alice McDermott, author of six novels, will give a free public reading at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 in Hill Hall at UNC. McDermott, the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the humanities in writing seminars at Johns… read more
On the heels of his recent $9 million gift to UNC’s School of Pharmacy, Fred Eshelman ’72 has contributed another $1 million to support the school’s Educational Renaissance initiatives, which attracted $1 million in matching funds from the Pharmacy… read more