For a fifth straight year, Carolina ranks first among the best values at the top 100 U.S. public university campuses, according to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. read more
Bob Woodward, best-selling author and assistant managing editor of The Washington Post, will kick off the spring season of Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Dean’s Speaker Series on Jan. 17. read more
More U.S. hospitals are getting a jump on Code Blue situations – when person’s heart or lungs, or both, stop working – by establishing what are called “rapid response teams.” As these teams develop, they mainly have been attending to adult patients. read more
The Department of Defense is putting $3 million into the UNC-led Citizen-Soldier Support Program to strengthen outreach to the families and loved ones of those serving in the Army and Air National Guard and the reserve components of the armed… read more
The University’s Tuition Advisory Task Force late last year presented four options for tuition increases ranging from $200 to $300 for in-state undergraduates. For out-of-state undergraduates, the proposed increases range from $600 to $900. read more
Carolina is one of six universities chosen as partners with the Aspen Institute and the U.S. State Department in the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program to promote excellence in journalism internationally. read more
UNC will establish a center aimed at learning more about what causes temporomandibular joint disorder and eventually how treatments can be improved and pain eliminated or eased. Each year, the illness incurs more than $1 billion in health-care costs… read more
Etta Pisano, director of UNC’s Biomedical Research Imaging Center, spoke Sunday as the Commencement speaker for December 2005 graduates. The ceremony was held at the Dean E. Smith Center at 2 p.m. read more
Both the Clef Hangers, Carolina’s acclaimed all-male a cappella group, and the UNC Loreleis, an all-female group formed in 1981, will be featured on the 2006 Best of College A Cappella compilation album produced by Varsity Vocals. read more
Hoping to spur discussions about free speech, filmmaker and UNC communication studies Professor Gorham Kindem will present a special screening of his award-winning new documentary Beyond the Wall at the Varsity Theater in Chapel Hill Sunday, Dec. 4… read more