Politics and patronage are nothing new to the governance of North Carolina’s state universities. The conservatives now in control are raising questions about the line between setting policy and micromanaging. read more
In the unlikely event that the Queen of England would come calling, Peaches Golding ’76 was ready with grace, poise and a knack for building bridges among people. read more
As writer Bekah Brunstetter ’04 shows throughout her funny and moving play, The Cake, reconciling traditional roots with progressive values in a polarized world is wrenching work. read more
Mike Wiley ’04 (MFA) often plays more than two dozen characters in a single performance, with no costume changes and few props. read more
Ali Farahnakian ’90 has debuted his People’s Improv Theater — otherwise known as the PIT — in Chapel Hill. Farahnakian, a former Saturday Night Live performer who has two PIT locations in New York, opened the third in the building… read more
She waited almost half her life for the chance to change the lives of others. Now, each day, Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld ’87 picks up where her mother’s example left off. read more
Who will take up the enormous challenges of the delicate laboratory of Galápagos? Carolina got an exclusive admission, and now it must show that it is the fittest. read more
The law school’s Center for Civil Rights found value in teaching litigation by going after governments on behalf of people who lacked legal clout. The UNC System Board of Governors had a problem with that. read more
John Fichthorn ’95 and Burke Koonce III ’92 are looking to bring sports fans’ sensibility to the world of business. read more
Stephanie Griest has immersed herself episodically in the lives of people living on our southern and northern borders. It’s produced the newest of her three books, “All the Agents and Saints: Dispatches from the U.S. Borderlands.” read more