Service to the state of North Carolina will be the theme when Carolina celebrates its 226th birthday on University Day, Oct 12. read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt used the occasion of the celebration of Carolina’s 225th birthday to acknowledge the University’s complicated racial past. read more
University Day marks the anniversary of the 1793 laying of the cornerstone of Old East. The featured commemoration gets underway at 10 a.m. in Memorial Hall. read more
More than 200 students — and more than twice that many family members and friends — attended the GAA’s Official Class Ring ceremony at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. read more
University Day, the anniversary of the 1793 laying of the cornerstone of Old East, also featured an address by Gov. Roy Cooper ’79 (’82 JD), the state’s 75th governor. read more
Roy Cooper ’79 (’82 JD), North Carolina’s 75th governor, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s University Day commemoration. read more
Anson Dorrance ’74 was selected by the class of 2017 to deliver the Last Lecture on the west lawn of the Morehead Building as the sun began to set. The talk is based on the premise, “If you knew this was the last lecture you would ever give,… read more
“It’s not where we start; it’s the miles we travel. I don’t know that this was the truth that Hinton James was seeking, but it seems to me it’s at the heart of the place he found, or at least the place we have become and are becoming.” -… read more
On the heels of a record-breaking fundraising year, the University has accepted a $20 million match challenge in support of need- and merit-based scholarships. read more
Carolina marked its 223rd birthday on Tuesday with the debut of an initiative to name grants and fellowships to honor 21 people who represent important firsts in the University’s history. read more