“I found a wounded Federal sitting on the field – a broken thigh, a rifle ball through his arm and a bruised shoulder made him right helpless. … He asked me if I thought our surgeons would care for him. I assured him they would. He said he had a… read more
Thomas James, dean of UNC’s School of Education for four years, is closing the book on Carolina and starting a new chapter in his career at Columbia University. James will take over as provost at Columbia University’s Teachers College, named the… read more
Carolina is earmarking $11 million to increase its focus on environmental research, education and engagement. Its launch this week of the UNC Institute for the Environment – formed through expansion of the existing Carolina Environmental Program -… read more
UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams ’72 learned at the 2007 NCAA Men’s Final Four in Atlanta that he will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. Williams is the Carolina program’s eighth coach or… read more
Acting on a proposal created last year by former Provost Dick Richardson, the UNC Employee Forum has asked for $100 million from the Carolina First capital campaign to set up an endowment that would provide free tuition for children of UNC faculty… read more
Effective this fall, the UNC Board of Trustees has approved a lease with Raleigh-Durham International Airport that will allow for the $3.5 million construction of a new hangar and office space on about 1.7 acres of land for the University’s Medical… read more
UNC continues to post high rankings in public health, medicine, nursing, business and chemistry in U.S. News & World Report‘s assessments of U.S. graduate schools. U.S. News first ranked graduate programs in 1987, and… read more
Jason Kendall Ray, who performed with the Carolina cheerleaders as the mascot Rameses, died Monday from injuries received when he was struck by an SUV Friday while walking to the hotel room in Fort Lee, N.J., where he was staying as part of the… read more
A Bible in hand, Gary Birdsong has preached at universities across the U.S., including campuses in California, Arizona, at N.C. State University and at Carolina, he says, encouraging students to read the Bible and giving them a testimony of his… read more
Recent Carolina graduates will help advise low-income high school students as part of a new $10 million partnership. Carolina is one of 10 colleges and universities joining the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in creating the program, which will be… read more