More than 1,000 spectators, volunteers and hospital employees plan to crowd into UNC’s Fetzer Gym on Feb. 20 and 21 to witness more than 600 student dancers from UNC stay on their feet for 24 consecutive hours. read more
Executive Associate Provost Bernadette Gray-Little, who has been at UNC for more than three decades, is the choice of top University officials as new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. read more
The UNC trustees declared loudly and clearly this week that they believe out-of-state students should pay substantially more to come to Carolina, approving a tuition increase of $1,500 a year for non-North Carolinians for next fall and endorsing the… read more
Twenty-three teachers in 10 categories have been honored with the University’s 2004 Teaching Awards, the highest campuswide recognition for teaching excellence. read more
Political analyst, author and commentator Kevin Phillips will discuss “The New Politics of Wealth and Democracy” in a public lecture at UNC on March 18. read more
Career advancement, more benefits and schedule flexibility are among the requests of a task force of staff and faculty representatives studying ways to improve campus morale among workers at the University. read more
Carolina students from Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties now may receive special consideration for scholarships to fund study abroad, thanks to two Carolina alumnae. read more
For a building that may not quite rate “campus landmark,” little West House has generated a lot of emotion since a member of the University staff launched a campaign to save it from the wrecking ball. West House, all 1,141 square feet of it,… read more
The environment where we live, work and play profoundly influences our health. That intersection between health and the “built environment” will be the focus of the 26th Annual Minority Health Conference sponsored by UNC’s School of Public Health. read more
Dr. William L. Roper, dean of the School of Public Health for the past seven years, has been named the next dean of UNC’s School of Medicine. He also will be the chief executive officer of the UNC Health Care System and vice chancellor for medical… read more