The Society of Professional Journalists has honored retired Professor Chuck Stone of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication with the Helen Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award. The award is given for a lifetime of contribution and service… read more
Michael Hunt, the Everett H. Emerson Professor of history, will be the keynote speaker at the 214th annual University Day celebration Oct. 12 in Memorial Hall. The FedExGlobalEducationCenter will be formally dedicated at 4 p.m. the same day. The… read more
More than half of UNC’s law school classes have been relocated since the building was evacuated Friday, Aug. 31, due to what appeared to be a structural collapse. Classes in the building, which dates to 1968, were evacuated that morning… read more
The UNC men’s rugby club, found guilty of violating the Sports Club Council alcohol policy, was placed on suspension shortly after the start of the semester. The team, a sport club and not a varsity team, was banned from practicing and competing… read more
The Marlboro Man will have to ride a careful trail across the UNC campus to comply with a near-complete ban on smoking that takes effect Jan. 1. Having first banned smoking in classroom and administrative buildings, then in residence halls and their… read more
They were, in the words of class Treasurer T.J. Abrams ’05, “already experiencing change and uncertainty.” They were three weeks into their freshman year when the attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania suddenly replaced their… read more
It’s a fall tradition. Each year for the past two decades, the display gardens at the N.C. Botanical Garden sprout a crop of unique creations by North Carolina artists. Nearly 50 one-of-a kind sculptures placed amid the native wildflowers and shrubs… read more
Chancellor James Moeser will give his seventh annual State of the University Address on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union. Moeser, who came to the University in 2000, started the tradition… read more
A new center has been established at UNC to study the causes of bipolar disorder and develop new treatments for bipolar mood disorders. The center will conduct clinical research studies examining the neurobiology of bipolar disorder in adults and… read more
The University of North Carolina Tomorrow Commission, a group of business, education, government and nonprofit leaders from across the state, will host 11 community listening forums in September and October to discuss how the 16 campuses making up… read more