Six new members were elected to four-year terms on the UNC System Board of Governors in June. Two UNC alumni are among the six: Frank Daniels Jr. ’53 of Raleigh, former publisher of The News & Observer; and Dr. Cheryl Ransom Locklear… read more
Carolina’s baseball team may command a lot of attention, but six Olympic-sport athletes are making headlines of their own this summer. This month, Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long were named 2007 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National… read more
A few months ago, Mohammed Taheri-Azar issued a venom-filled tirade in an Orange County courtroom, shouting obscenities and calling his court-appointed lawyer a moron. Now, the man accused of striking nine people on the UNC campus with an SUV… read more
“Does racism make us sick?” is the question addressed by the 13th annual Summer Public Health Research Video Conference on Minority Health, sponsored by UNC’s School of Public Health’s Minority Health Project and the University’s Office of Diversity… read more
Survivors of head and neck cancer not only endure the disease, they must endure the treatment as well. The aggressive healing process causes patients to have difficulty speaking, swallowing, breathing and communicating, which in turn affects their… read more
No one is questioning Carolina’s arrival among the elite college baseball teams in the country. Two straight appearances in the College World Series finals and another record-breaking season tend to take care of that. The queries surrounding… read more
Carolina is putting down roots in the old country. In May, the University dedicated Winston House, an all-purpose compact satellite campus in the “academic heart” of London. Situated in Bloomsbury in Bedford Square, the last intact Georgian square… read more
The University turned off water restrictions for the Campus Y in mid-May, using the 100-year-old building to host graduation celebrations after corrective measures to reduce unacceptable lead levels reach their final stages. The facility hosted a… read more
UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams ’72 has signed a four-year contract extension designed to keep him in Chapel Hill through the 2014-15 season. Williams’ new contract, worth about $2.6 million annually, establishes him as one of the… read more
On May 31, 1843, 31 former UNC students came together in Chapel Hill at Commencement to start an alumni association. Gov. John Motley Morehead (class of 1817), was chosen to be the first president of the General Alumni Association, whose purposes… read more