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
After two years of exploration by a sponsorship task force, it’s official – UNC athletics venues now will sport permanent corporate signage. The University and the Wachovia Corp. announced last week an eight-year, $9.1 million partnership that will… read more
Wesley Judkins Campbell, a senior at Carolina, is one of 43 U.S. college students to win 2006 Marshall Scholarships funded by the British government. read more
Kate Harris, a senior and Morehead Scholar at UNC, has won a 2006 Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University in England. read more
Two awards for public service, one for literature and one for fine arts have been presented to UNC alumni among six people given the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award. read more
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded nearly $6 million in grants to promote environmental research at UNC. read more
Carolina for Kibera Inc. began when a Carolina undergraduate looked at the issues of ethnic violence and youth development in Africa and saw hope and opportunity – and then decided to try to make a difference. read more
Alan Shapiro and Lawrence Naumoff ’68, members of UNC’s creative writing faculty, have won 2005 North Carolina Book Awards for fiction and poetry. read more