Jon Meacham, in The Soul of America, writes that “the measure of our political and cultural health cannot be whether we all agree on all things at all times. We don’t, and we won’t. Disagreement and debate — including ferocious disagreement… read more
Her stunning buzzer-beater put Carolina’s basketball program on the map in 1994. But it was Charlotte Smith’s losses that helped shape her into a winning head coach. read more
UNC has asked for and received an extension on its deadline to present a plan for preservation of Silent Sam. The new deadline is Dec. 3; the next Board of Governors’ meeting is on Dec. 14. read more
The University has received a commitment from the Charles Koch Foundation to support the Philosophy, Politics and Economics Program, one of the most popular and fastest-growing minors in the College of Arts & Sciences. read more
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will invest $800,000 to address a need for better access to health care in Rockingham County, in partnership with UNC’s School of Medicine. read more
Journalist Quincy Sharpe Mills, UNC class of 1907, heeded his own call urging newspaper readers to serve in what was then called The Great War. read more
The School of Media and Journalism aims to build a state-of-the-art media center with part of the gift from the Curtis Foundation. read more
A $10 million gift from Etteinne “ET” and W.G. Champion “Champ” Mitchell ’69 (’75 JD) will create a fund supporting groundbreaking research in blood cancer at UNC’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. read more
Margaret Spellings, whose five-year contract was set to expire in February 2021, said she initiated the separation in early October. read more
Margaret Spellings has spent more than three decades in education and public policy work. Her current five-year contract was set to expire in February 2021. read more