The University unveiled the first 15 special exhibits in a new virtual museum of University history this week at a public symposium. The Web-based museum, a joint project of the UNC Center for the Study of the American South and the University… read more
Even before Sept. 11, 2001, Carl Ernst’s publishers had doubts about asking him to write a book about Islam. When Ernst submitted a manuscript just months after the terrorist attacks, the publishing house decided to drop the project. The reason,… read more
Dr. Richard Goldberg, associate director of clinical research at the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and chief of the division of hematology and oncology in the UNC School of Medicine, will be physician-in-chief for the N.C. Cancer Hospital,… read more
UNC is no longer tops in merchandise sales. After ranking No. 1 for five straight years among colleges and universities for royalties generated, UNC fell to No. 5 in the 2005-06 fiscal year, according to information released by the Collegiate… read more
Richard Szary, who directed manuscripts and archives for the Yale University Library, has been named director of the Louis Round Wilson Library. Szary, who started work Sept. 1, also is associate University librarian for special collections. “He… read more
Professor Holden Thorp ’86, chair of UNC’s chemistry department who has a passion for music and a history of service, will deliver this year’s December Commencement address. “Holden Thorp is one of our star faculty members,” said Chancellor James… read more
Tuition and fee increases at Carolina and other UNC System schools over the next four years would be limited to 6.5 percent annually for in-state undergraduates in a new proposal by UNC System President Erskine Bowles ’67 to the Board of Governors’… read more
UNC Professor William Ferris, a noted scholar on black music and Southern culture, will receive a lifetime achievement award at an international film festival in Prague this fall. Ferris, the Joel R. Williamson Eminent professor of history in the… read more
James Taylor and the N.C. Symphony performed Taylor’s widely beloved – and UNC’s unofficial anthem – Carolina in My Mind before a capacity crowd in Memorial Hall on Sunday. The event marked Chancellor James Moeser’s presentation to… read more
“Closing the Racial Achievement Gap: What Works?” is the title of conference set for Oct. 6 at UNC and Oct. 7 at Duke University. The event, the 2006 Youth and Race conference presented by UNC’s Institute of African American Research, is… read more