Beginning in the 2005-06 academic year, the NCAA means business about athletes staying on track to graduate. read more
The 2005 Dance Marathon raised nearly $184,872 in late February to benefit the N.C. Children’s Hospital. read more
Memorial Hall was so named as an honor, in part, to sons of the University who died in the Civil War. In Memorial’s renovation, the marble tablets bearing their names are being returned to their familiar spaces flanking the stage. Now, three alumni… read more
Twenty-one teachers in nine categories have been honored with the University’s 2005 Teaching Awards, the highest campuswide recognition for teaching excellence. read more
Joseph M. DeSimone, W.R. Kenan Jr. distinguished professor of chemistry and chemical engineering at UNC and N.C. State University, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering. read more
Holden Thorp ’86, who has served as director of UNC’s Morehead Planetarium and Science Center since 2001, has been named chairman of the department of chemistry. read more
John Edwards ’77 (JD), North Carolina’s former U.S. senator and the Democratic Party’s 2004 vice presidential candidate, will lead a new center being launched by Carolina to seek solutions to poverty. The Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity… read more
UNC’s Interfraternity Council will host a dinner on Sunday, Feb. 13, to benefit people who suffered losses in the December tsunamis. read more
In-state students may not face higher tuition next year following action by the UNC System Board of Governors on Feb. 11 that would freeze in-state tuition for 2005-06. read more
On May 13, two days before Harvard divinity Professor Peter J. Gomes addresses graduates at Commencement, television humorist Mo Rocca will deliver what is likely to be a different sort of speech in the University’s first Senior Class Address. read more