UNC’s Department of Housing and Residential Education has decided to make all residence halls and apartments smoke-free beginning this summer. read more
Margaret Dardess has been appointed interim dean of UNC’s School of Public Health, effective March 15. read more
The University is monitoring a lecturer who publicly criticized a student for comments he made in class about homosexuality. Elyse Crystall, a lecturer in the English department, sent an e-mail to her Literature and Cultural Diversity class… read more
A new study that urges the state to work harder to use its public research universities for the state’s economic advantage was reviewed today by several leading legislators. read more
When UNC’s new students march onto campus in August, it will be life at a school of a different sort – West Point to be exact – that they’ll be talking about. read more
The 2004 Dance Marathon raised nearly $170,585 in late February to benefit the N.C. Children’s Hospital. read more
Robert G. Kirkpatrick Jr., an associate professor of English at UNC, died Feb. 24 from complications of surgery. He was 64. Kirkpatrick, who came to UNC in 1967, taught graduate and undergraduate Romantic poetry, British literature and honors… read more
Nelson Ferebee Taylor ’42, who presided over the University as chancellor from 1972 to 1980, died on Feb. 25 at his home in Chapel Hill. He was 83. read more
One of Gladys Coates’ wishes for the University was published biographies of all of its presidents and chancellors and of her husband Albert Coates ’18, who with her help founded and built the Institute of Government. A gift of nearly $1 million… read more
Health researchers from across the state will give presentations on research areas including breast cancer, eating disorders and osteoporosis at the fifth annual Women’s Health Research Day to be held March 17 at UNC. read more