It’s appropriate that the ceiling in Memorial Hall’s auditorium is Carolina blue – and not just because the venue stands at the heart of the campus. The auditorium now bears the names of two men whose Carolina ties run deep. Memorial Hall’s… read more
Men’s basketball Coach Roy Williams ’72 and his wife, Wanda ’72, are serving as honorary co-chairs of an effort to create a $10 million endowment for the Carolina Covenant, the University’s initiative to make a Chapel Hill education possible… read more
Two awards for public service, one for literature and one for fine arts have been presented to UNC alumni among six people given the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award. read more
Carolina for Kibera Inc. began when a Carolina undergraduate looked at the issues of ethnic violence and youth development in Africa and saw hope and opportunity – and then decided to try to make a difference. read more
A sports journalist and two pioneers in elementary education recently received the GAA’s Distinguished Young Alumni Awards. read more
After a three-year renovation that cost about $18 million, 74-year-old Memorial Hall reopened in September with a gala weekend whose organizers hope will plant the seeds of a performing arts revival at Carolina. read more
For the first time in three years, University Day ceremonies were held in Memorial Hall, now newly refurbished after a three-year, nearly $18 million transformation. read more
Four alumni recently were elected to the UNC System Board of Governors by the N.C. House of Representatives, and four others were re-elected. Phillip R. Dixon ’74 (JD), an attorney from Greenville; Fred G. Mills ’64, president of Mills… read more
(Editor’s Note: The GAA’s Distinguished Service Medal citations, such as this one, are read to the audience at the Annual Alumni Luncheon and then presented as a keepsake to the recipients.) When Duke and Carolina graduates pick up… read more
Back in 1966, Jessie Rehder, then the head of Carolina’s writing program, appointed a 34-year-old writer to fill in as a lecturer for one semester. The young woman didn’t have a college degree, but she’d published two novels and a book of short… read more