Joan Didion, author of the best-selling memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, will speak on campus on Feb. 28. The book recently won the 2005 National Book Award for nonfiction. read more
Jane Brown’s mother taught her that if you want to be a part of the community, you need to work for the community. It’s a lesson she clearly took to heart. She has been a member of the faculty at UNC for almost 30 years, and from the start she… read more
A recent update presented to the Board of Trustees about Carolina’s progress on becoming the nation’s “leading public university” — as reflected in the University’s progress on carefully selected “measures of excellence” — prompted me to recall… read more
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