“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
The celebration of Carolina’s 223rd birthday is available via livestream on unc.edu. Stephen Farmer delivered this year’s University Day keynote address, titled “The Miles We Travel.” read more
As more than 6,000 Carolina students prepare to enter the next phase of the lives, they were urged to focus on others as much as their budding careers. Caring, Anne Marie Slaughter said, is as important as career. read more
Chancellor Carol L. Folt told a University Day audience to fasten their seatbelts for a fast and accelerating ride on the road to higher education innovation. read more
The University’s rich history as the nation’s first public university and its future as a top global and public research institution will be the subject of Chancellor Carol L. Folt’s keynote address at University Day on Oct. 12. “As we… read more
Gov. Pat McCrory will give the keynote speech when the University celebrates its 221st birthday on University Day Oct. 12. University Day marks the laying of the cornerstone of Old East, the nation’s first state university building, in 1793… read more
Social scientist Dan Ariely ’94 (MA, ’96 PhD), the author of three New York Times best-selling books, will be the keynote speaker for Carolina’s 2013 doctoral hooding ceremony. The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 11 at the… read more
Jamie Bartram, director of the Water Institute at UNC, will give the keynote speech for the University Day convocation at 11 a.m., Oct. 12. Classes will be canceled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Water Institute is a founding member of the new U.S. read more