UNC creative writing professor and poet Michael McFee ’76 has won the 2009 James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South. The Fellowship of Southern Writers gives the prize biennially to recognize a writer with a significant body of… read more
Five alumni have been presented with the William Richardson Davie Award, the highest honor bestowed by UNC’s Board of Trustees. This year’s honorees are Vaughn and Nancy Bryson, both 1960 graduates, of Vero Beach, Fla.; Peter T. Grauer ’68 of… read more
Thank you, President Bowles, for that introduction and for the confidence that you’ve shown in me. My campus colleagues and I thank you for all you do for Carolina and the UNC system. To members of our General Assembly, including Marc Basnight… read more
The University will mark its 215th birthday as it installs Holden Thorp ’86 as its 10th chancellor on University Day, Oct. 12. read more
Tony Award-winning theater and film star Billy Crudup ’90 will receive this year’s PlayMaker Distinguished Achievement Award on Nov. 1 at the 21st annual PlayMakers Ball. The ball, held at The Carolina Inn, is the annual fundraising gala for… read more
Three alumni and a friend arrived on foot at the Old Well on Carolina’s campus Friday, completing a two-week walk from the coast that was inspired by the arrival of Carolina’s first student, Hinton James, more than 200 years ago. Bryan Jones ’06,… read more
Updates | Blog | Athletes Nineteen Tar Heels competed in Beijing in the Games, which opened on Aug. 8. They competed for the U.S. in women’s field hockey, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and women’s track and field. Four Carolina… read more
Baseball Coach Mike Fox ’78, who guided the Tar Heels to a third straight trip to the College World Series this summer, has been named national coach of the year by Baseball America magazine. A two-time American Baseball Coaches… read more
Athletes around the world dreamed of qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in August. For several former and current UNC athletes, that dream came true. As the U.S. Olympic Trials for track and field came to a conclusion, one last Tar… read more
For the first time, the UNC System Board of Governors will be led by a woman. Hannah Dawson Gage ’75 was elected to a two-year term as chair. Gage graduated with a journalism degree and went on to found and, for a time, own Cape Fear Broadcasting… read more